Holon #2- Rabbi Yochanon Gurary: Rebbe hand picks first group of EY Shluchim - RC Dalfin

part and talk a little bit about um your chose you and the other but talk a little bit about that or you want to talk about your your years in Crown Heights also let's start with okay okay fine I was in the you already married I was married and you married Lame. You got married lame. And you married Braman's daughter, right? Now, one sec. I'm curious. She was an Israeli. She was an Israeli. And you're an American. How did you meet? And she asked the Reb. And the Reb told her to go right away to New York. She asked the Reb what about finding a about me? About me? She Uhhuh. But But how? Who told you about her? How do you Who told me about her? Yeah. My grandfather was very close with my and he was that's what I wanted to know. I got it. Okay. So she asked the she and the said she should come right away to New York. El 1975 1975. Yeah. Right. And told that she go to speak for the for the girls that tell her about was tell us why she's coming to New York, right? And that's it. And on Yeah. and asking we met three times was what's Sunday Monday Tuesday it was Thursday was okay wrote to me like this wrote as the had a few this is not okay okay and circle around her name and wrote That's was special. It's not that and that's it. And then we were there. So was the intent I'm just curious. Were you going to before you got to were you going to go live back in or stay in America? Not at all. I didn't think about my father had a bookstore. So a very big I remember I know that is Yeah. I I have the sh this is my this is my shas. And he printed. Yeah. Okay. And so what he wanted you to take over or what? Was automatic because I was very sick. Right. You in English we call obsession. Obsession. Okay. I remember there was a I don't want to say the name of the was he took a came to the store and I used to go every Friday from the Bedford I used to go to to the store I right where was your father's store at the time on canal street and then in the lower east side lower east side okay and first it was street and on street. Then uh he came in and he wanted to buy his for his aim something. So he said, "Give me the biggest setical for for the for the Asian." You mean the largest the largest and nicest. So So I I told him, "Listen, this just came out non layers." Yeah. give it to get some my father was very not happy with me mixing into the business and my father told me friend was a friend take a don't mixing because I I told him was this is good and this is not good right right there was there called cinema you know yeah sure have it so uh So he he I told him this is not for you. This is what this is for you. I don't want to say his name but you probably know who it is. Okay. Okay. That's all. And uh so so I used to come like every every Friday or every day that was was a diamond or something. I used to come to the store. So your father your father's store was unique in the collection of in in this form. It was the biggest biggest farm store that had for bigger than big. Big by my father. Really? Yakir. Yakir. Big not. No the son and no. Those two every day. I go to go to the store all the time. I buy this home. So you they used to buy by you. They used to buy my father. Uhhuh. They used to buy. But so what he brought in at that time? Yes. He brought containers and he's still sell there was a a guy by the name of Tosha Ber. Yeah. The Tosha Reba. No, his name is Tosha. He has he has a shoe store on Oh, on 16th Avenue. I know. I can get away with No, you can't. Go ahead. So it came to article. So my father he loved books. Yeah. Yeah. He had so when the the container used to come so he couldn't wait and he used to go into the container to take off. So so and uh I I used to go after him. Uhhuh. Mhm. That's it. Okay. He said let's go back to the So you married your wife and go ahead and then I went to Kyu interest I went to went to interesting is that I asked the we should get married she was a we know what's going to be that was the answer what what what did he mean by right we don't know what will be in there? So this is what these words and meaning you shouldn't make it there. Well, let it out. And then I go then I was interesting is that I went in twice to my wife when he after became she teach. Yeah. And then again before we left we again went to go second. Okay. That's it. And then And my wife had a a girl. Yeah. That's right. That's from Berlin's wife. Yes. It's your daughter. Your oldest daughter. Your oldest child. My oldest child, right? And this was a 1976 already. She was 1976. She's not involved. Yeah. But this is before you went on. No. Wait. Wait. I was in the hospital waiting that the nurse to come out. Which hospital? Do you remember from my monities? No. Where is on Leffort Avenue? Left. Left hospital. Yeah. So you're waiting for her to wait when you go. So I'm standing by the telephone because I'll pay phone pay phone. And I was waiting for the nurse to come out and say it's a boy or a girl. And as soon as she came out, it's a girl. And the same minute a client called me on his on his telephone and he says now our was interesting. It's not like the other right our picked out each one each one not not like the second third was and mine they were the ones that were and then there was oh some some was some was not but but uh Yeah, but I like what picked out each one. So who are the others? Yetric was came after me. And yel Rosenfeld. Yel Rosenfeld and was all of a s. Yeah. And he was a he came he came also when came to we came to Yes. And you were learning in the that label Kaplan made. Exactly. And there were three invas. We were 11 11. We were nine by the light. Yeah. And three was 11 together which was raised safely in and Kramer which is Oh, he's now okay. Well, he was a in there was book. No book. No book. No, no, we'll get to No later. And so these were both then. Yeah, we're both grindmen. What's with and Friedman and Goldberg? Okay. So, let me understand. And what what did the Reb say is your what you should be doing? Sitting and learning. Sitting very clear. Clear. It was a whole Yeah. But you had kids before we left when together they sent us, right? Tell me if you remember. I'm curious cuz how how would how was his could you see that that he was like elated? Because the English word elated for how did you know the rebb this was by him like spoke the first time was and he didn't say what to nothing just he said and he wants to go to and then [Music] Right. Um I'm curious. Did this was label Kaplan the one who asked that he he would like to do have notite. Did it come from label Kaplan? I don't know that I can't tell you. I don't know. I don't know. But was very very very label was very special. He was a very big lagoy. He was in Australia, you know. Yeah. By my Yeah. But but I'm I'm saying the Reb sent him Gimmel didn't need to like start and and it was it was it was such a place that you can't believe that you come from America, you go fast. You mean Dam in 1973? You won't believe it. Unbelievable. I remember. What? What do you mean? It was what poor poor bro houses broken. Everything was the the the shul in in when we came the the roof was fell down was the old sh that was a shabbach. You mean the where Marzelle is? Marzel came after me. Yeah. Right. But that sh that sh I think it's that he built also. Yes. I know that's separate. Yeah. No visual. There was a bathroom was outside. Yeah. And uh I I have something interesting to show you in when I came. So I found there an older older where in one of the shoes in this in this in the sho right was possible. Right. So I fixed it how much I could. I took a sim to fix it and I I made a mantel the over here. The didn't have a scent. Yeah. I have a sh here. So this across the across the street not across the street connected to the house. Uhhuh. And Oh, so your shabul is here. My by Right. So Friday night here, right? And afternoon. Yeah, like this. I go to the show and Yeah. How how long of a walk is it or whatever? Yeah. I got it. But how long? How long about 15 minutes 10 minutes? 15 minutes. Okay. The was the original that you made or was before your time? When I when I came it was a it was a what was it called? Yeah. What was this? And it was Ashkinaz. It was Ashkan. And you became DV right away. Right away. I became DV there. They they No, they call How did you become this episode? Okay. Okay. One second. One second. Yeah. Okay. And that's it. And what were we talking about? And we're talking about um the sh don't remember what we said before. Tell me this. Tell me the story with the sh with the with the sh. No, I'm telling about the It's like this. Oh, you saying about the safety so I you made the mental I had the mental till today and I fix the secret about 10 times. It's again and again. One second. How old is the safety? Do you know? What do you mean like five 600 years? No, not five 600. It's from Russia. From Russia. From Russia. Russia. I mean a lot of a lot. It's very close to Kabad. Uhhuh. Yeah. And uh that's it and I fixed it and fixed it and fixed it and till I went and I took it home and I put a different metal on it but because it was cold right okay so how did now how many years were you in Kyu and so was two years now the two these first two years didn't let anybody go right back to New