Rosh Chodesh Kislev, Kinus feelings by attendee, Ohel experience, 2025- RC Dalfin

So today is and I want to fab a little bit about and hear from you about your time in New York. But is the first time that came back to 770. Came out to 770 to the downstairs with the after after his serious heart attack ones. The Reba had two heart attacks that night. That's what I'm told. The first one was considered actually small comparison to the one later in the middle of the night. This was during hakoffus and we dance near as well and uh I was there and the middle they they all of a sudden told us all to go out of sh 770 and um we understood cuz that wasn't feeling well and we all did that and they broke some windows to bring more air in cuz it was very stuffy many many people and it was a very very situation a serious situation. No one knew anything really outside of most except for the secretaries and a few of the other people and um some finally some doctors came from here from there I think Dr. uh Weiss came at some point from Chicago um and a few local doctors and uh miraculously that's what they say it was u you know he survived a very very serious heart attack in the middle of the night very serious and uh the wanted to talk to the might because he would normally fra for The doctor said, "You can't you can't come down to talk. You're not well. You're it's a crisis." So they agreed that he could talk maybe from his bed on a mic, you know, for 10 minutes. He ended up talking for 20 25 minutes and uh there's stories about that. So, but the entire time till rashes he he didn't go out of his his room as far as I remember I I I stand corrected. I don't think he came to to fra came to the first after his heart attack was 19 days from tomorrow but the he went home that was the first time that he left 7 and went home of course his wife you know visited him every day and was there all that soim since that time he you know including the last 30 years after his passing still celebrate that day as a commemoration of of a uh a miracle not a miracle uh that he survived you know and uh also that although there was a helm as we've been learning that when something happens that's perceived does no good and difficult in our lives. It's a helm of a leos. It's a concealment of godliness from an individual not feeling well till the most god forbid catastrophic issues. And when something like that happens, you could take it in a negative way or you could take it in a positive way and see it as a springboard for something greater. In other words, the helm was necessary for a gilli for revelation. And we have that with the flood of where brings in the famous concept. It's not it's also brought in before but he puts it in nice words that the world needed tahara and the tahara was such that it was a flood because there was a lot of stupidity and silliness and evil in the world. So it required a major a major tahara a flood. The purpose of the the Tahara was there should be a a dwelling place for Hashem. This is the basic concept. So the same over here believe that when when a sadic ab goes through a personal crisis, it's not just a personal crisis like any other person which of course it it's that also but it has its cosmic idea associated with it because a sadic is someone that has to do with the cosmic energies of the world as Hashem filters them into the world. So this theim was so powerful I remember that you know we we were singing the song The Reb is gazb is gazb is well the is well the is well mashia should come you know it's it's it's it's not just a you knowad thing which happened to but there is from on high it was demonstrated that his time his mission hasn't And if you pay attention carefully from till 14 years or so, which equals the yada, the yad, the 14, right, and yada kazoka, a mighty hand. and and Kabad really exploded as far as all initiatives from, you know, you could say from in those 14 years after his passing, it's a it's a new it's a new era. It's a new realm. It's it's a different it's it's so the fact that there's now 6,000 plusim and people that come to Akinas which um Israel was at you know um and before in the in the 80s when I was there there was only 75 people it's two separate ideas you know you know the internet opened up and and and supporters got involved olved and after the Reb's passing it exploded with numbers but from 1978778 till 1992 till he had a stroke there were the initiatives that were put into place. So for example, the kinos started in 1983 and the rebba said because there was a kinos of hisim that he sent to in 76 778 and the reb said they had a re they had a a kinos a gathering for which is a good thing do it do it for the do it here in America so they did it in America kinsky they did it in America then in 1987 ralarski who was the vice chairman at the time of of of the time but he was involved of the Americas. He decided, let's let's see if we can do it for all of the world because bring everyone together. And the reb gave a braha and it became the kini. It's called the international gathering. But it still was 75 100 people 100 you know was it after you know giml it it takes off exponentially and I'm not going to go into now uh you know a sociological uh discussion of why I have plenty to say about this and I've written a little bit about it but that's that's not for now the go going back to the kislv the kislv is in a way. The day that this 14 years begins, the yada the 14 years where the Reb was most powerful in initiating programs and and and and initiatives were the for these 14 years for and and when I say programs, I mean for all of the world. So for example, I remember I think it was in 1983 at one of the either of one ord one of the public more public fabangas where it was televised, you know, he spoke about um mitzvah no the seven universal laws right that was in 1983 I think another another time I remember he spoke about oil I believe this is my recollection you know like oil reserves and how important you global issues. Another time he spoke about uh no family planning. These were things that you know he he didn't he didn't highlight them until the uh you know 80s. So what we see is that the the the the kind the the the main programs and initiatives that he that he made for the world not just for kabad kabadnik that he did in the 50s and 60s but for the world really took off in the uh late 70s into the 80s. So that is why I believe why is relevant today. Not just 30 years. Uh 30 what are you talking about 30? Uh 50 years ago was 1978 to 2026. It's 48 years ago. It's it's it's relevant because it's symbolizes the day when the the helm was greatest, the concealment was greatest and the springboard that ca and positivity that came from it is the 14 years that followed which were the strongest of his initiatives. Now talking about the Kennes um Iser would you like to share a few thoughts about your experiences there? >> Uh so this is the first time that I went to the Kunis and um very interesting. Um first of all to be in Crown Heights I had been to Crown Heights a few times but it was um very much like alive. I I had the feeling it was like Manhattan. Um in terms of just being alive late at night, all the stores were open, the streets were packed with people um people running into other people and and greeting each other. I myself I ran into people on the street that I that I knew. Um and um so that was in general 770. Wait, wait. Where did Where did you stay? Where where did where was your ho your host? >> So, I went I I signed up for this package and uh the room that I was supposed to have was taken by somebody else who was not even part of the program. So, I ended up staying um Rabbi Azizaf was staying with a friend uh that he knows and there was a bed available for me there. So, um, he he contacted his host and they let me stay. But the the room that I paid for was not available. Um, so that's where I stayed and it was on Crown Street. >> Okay. >> Next to the Auda. >> Oh, okay. >> Uh, which was very nice because I d chakras there on Chavez because I could not I I I need my space. I cannot be crammed in. I I just I I am not the sardine. And I had been to 770 for Kabola Chabis and it that itself was just a crazy crazy people pushing to get through but there's no place to go. I mean it's just literally literally like jostling constantly. Um so um I ded a good on this morning. Um, >> yes. So, go back to your go back to your point. >> Which was my point? You asked me where I stayed, so I stayed at >> No, no, no. I I know, but you were I I I interrupted you with that. You were going to say, >> "Right." So, there so so 7 770 was um just this mass of humanity and people were dabbing outside. People were dinging by. It was very it was quite interesting. Um I sat next to a guy a Morocc Moroccan who was singing Kabul Shabas and Moroccan Jos and then there was like a group of other guys in the street who were singing and then he started joining them singing. It was just it was I I call it uh um what did I say? It was a ordered chaos. uh ordered chaos just kind of people doing their own things but all part of this part of this thing this phenomena within 770. >> Okay. So that was Kabala Shabas and then we went to Rabbi >> Meski Majeski. Yeah. >> Meskis for lunch. >> No, we went for dinner for Shabas dinner Friday night. >> Sorry. And uh if I did not go for anything only to meet Rabbi Majeski and they have suitably it would have been worth it. I had such an amazing time, such an amazing family. Um not heavy at all, but obviously very spiritual. Um it was a chilled environment but but with a kaduca of chabas and you know he he invited people to say drato if they wanted to. I shared something he said something that you know triggered an idea in me and I went off on that and um he was singing the gunam to himself. I know that in Kabad they don't necessarily sing shabas miros at the at the pseudos except for very limited things but he was you know humming good to himself while things were going on and I just it was almost like a cub experience taking me back to my days when I wasn't religious and I like wow this is shabas like even now all these years later to see a family experiencing shabas like that was so beautiful mash it was really uh really really beautiful and and I went back for Abdullah and I told her Evansson I said like I'm so enamored of your family and and what you've created in this home. Um I I thought it was very very beautiful. Okay. So that was Friday night. Um I >> One second. But but but you didn't you didn't dialogue with him >> on issues of and reba things like that things that we've discussed. >> No, we did not. Well, you see, if you would have told me that you're going to him, I would have told you he's a very good person for that. >> Okay. So, right. So, the rabbi Rabbi Aiz have told me that he's he's a big mish. >> Yeah. But but that but he's a big mish but he >> he's a he's a cup match. >> He's a very he's a he's a veryidish person. He knows a lot of taid and a lot of >> right >> you know his his that's his cup of tea whatever whatever >> right so Rabbi is gave me a book that he had written I forget what it's called in English because he gave me the translated version in Hebrew so I was reading it on the plane about the relationship and rebi um and um but we didn't we didn't really have a discussion about rebi relationships it was just it Shabis, but Maj was just >> Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. But by the way, if you ever get back, you know, if you ever end up again by him, I urge you to discuss that if you, you know, I think I think you would really have an interesting conversation. That's all. >> Uhhuh. Okay. So, that was Friday. I I did not go to FBR. Um, well, that's not true. I stopped in a few minutes. few minutes I stopped in at 770 and um so I you know basically I was tagging along with Rabiz who's the Mishkay >> and he was sitting at a table and I recognized some of the bakram look who came from from Israel they come to us one of the bakur that they're in their they're of kuts so they're in in year >> right right >> and and um so they were all drunk and um singing and having a good time but there wasn't any deep conversation going on at the Fbrangan um and then went back went to sleep um shabas morning I woke up early went to mikvah and then went to 770 to say to Hillm and um already people were spreading out their books and saying this bench is our bench and I said don't worry I'm not staying for domining I'm I'm just saying Mike the Hill and then I'm going. It turns out I was sitting in her jusky seat and I kept it warm. I kept it warm for him but I I did not intend on on staying there because I I can't concentrate in and to fill it when I'm physically uncomfortable. >> Yeah. Okay. >> So then I went and I I went to the Auda and I I thought maybe they'd have a normal dobbing time. I don't know why I thought that. There were a few guys just two guys learning. I asked them what time chakras was and they said 10:30 or 11 uh depending. So, so I said okay. So I sat and I learned I did my kitas and some other learning went back took a nap and then went back at 10:30 and by uh by 10 to 11 we had chakras and uh that was very nice and a normal just normal davening um the rabbi gave a very nice uh dra based on a sik of the rebes. Interestingly, there it was an older crowd. Um, there were a few few young guys, but mostly an older crowd, all speaking Yiddish. I mean, they all spoke English, but they were speaking to each other in Yiddish. No pins, no flags. Um, and and a nice kdish afterwards. I said, tak that was it. People asked me where my where I was on. I said I'm not I'm not a but is taking care of people in in Besh. So um and then for Suda we we went to a young couple that's uh they have the parents are in in Bamesh and that's when I started a conversation about the about the ye and uh that that didn't that didn't go over well. Um it didn't didn't go over well at all. Uh >> I I I I assume if Rabbi Aiz is is is his Rabbi Mask, he must be a mashik too. No. >> Uh I think he keeps it close to the vest, >> right? >> He says he says yes, but he he keeps it close to it's he's not a missionary, >> right? >> And that's how I distinguish is there are people who are missionaries, >> right? >> And you know that's that's where my discomfort begins. You can believe what you want to believe and you can that's fine. But let but when you so let let's move on cuz time is moving. Let let's get to the point of the kinus of the of the of the banquet. You went to the banquet. >> The banquet itself was was mash beautiful. Was mash beautiful. And it only reinforced what I had already known which is our moser nephesh for every Jew no matter who no matter where with a commitment die. These people live under such extremely difficult situations and I have just the greatest greatest respect for them. Um because they are they are living their belief. >> Okay. So so here's my question. Direct question to you. Would you do this again? Would you do this again? >> Would I go to the Kenis again? No. No. I think I checked it off my bucket list. The next thing would be Oman, but I'd have I have to build myself up for that. >> Okay. And and and and so what's the bottom line you walked away with? What's the bottom line? Anything new or just reinforced your previous ideas? >> I don't think that I don't think that I got anything new. I think that it reinforced a lot of what I already knew and already believed. Um both on the positive and the negative. I think it was really more reinforcement for existing uh beliefs and and ideas that I have, but I didn't come away with anything new. >> Okay. So, it wasn't a life shattering experience. It wasn't a paradigm shift. It wasn't a parad It wasn't a paradigm. >> Change my life. >> What? >> No, it did change didn't change my life, but I'm glad I went and it was a good experience. >> Okay. Yonyi, what tell me about your your time in New York and you went to the oil You can't talk. >> Yeah. So, I I'll tell you. Yeah. Yeah, I can talk. I was just I'm just driving. Um I'll tell you, every time I go to the oil, I always have like you were talking about earth shattering whatever. Yeah, I always have that earth shattering or new thing. That's why I called you because um by by chance I spoke to my cousin the night before I was going to the oil. I didn't even tell him I was going to the oil. Um, and I said to I said I was we were talking and they were talking about my father a lot and I was staying in the five towns and he lives far away five. He lives right there. So I said to him I said he said to me, "Do you know how your father got into Kabad?" I said, "I have no idea because my father never told me." He says, "I'll tell you the story how how your father got to I told you how my father he slept my father to Symphra. My father moved my father moved from Williamsburg to Borrow Park and um and married my my parents got married they knew B park my mother went from Lakewood and my father was from Williamsburg and his parents they're they're from park so he says okay I'll take you to a good place my father wanted to leave a good place they slept him to Rabbi Simpson so so I had no idea my father had a connection Simpson just like I didn't know my father had big connection you know that his recipe was from Kzanowski. I didn't know this until about five six years ago once my father became ill. Um but then when I went to the to to the Idaho I never realized that they were buried next to each other literally next door to each other. And when I went to says because my wife and my kids were in the oil at the time, I I I looked up and I sort of simpson. I'm like, "This is I only found this out the night before, literally 12 hours before." And um I was able to say bye by Rabbi Simpson and uh and Rabbi Kazanowski and of course by the Rebas. Um it was just an unbelievable feeling. And I'll tell you something interesting. Um, I was looking for your safe for the safer we're learning now. I couldn't find it in Israel. I don't know why. I went to all over. I could not find it. And my last resort was like I was going to go to Gula to go to I figured they have it. But there's no parking. You can't get parking in. It's like impossible. It's like parking in Manhattan. So when I was at the I was at the I saw a bunch of books. So I go over to the guy. there's like a there that's selling books and he's always there but I have this book. So my daughter told me buy a book by the safer and then my sister says to me she said sorry my daughter says to me do they have the safer sharp. So I said okay let's go let's go ask the guy. I go to the guy. Guy says, "Yeah, he buys it. My my daughter buys it. She's 15 years old. She buys it for my wife because my wife was was loves to save the saber." So, >> no more. By the way, um Is what about the wedding? How was the wedding's wedding? >> The wedding The wedding was very nice. was very nice. Um, Rabbi Fran was the Messiah of Kaduca. >> Um, and it was it was big by my standards. It was it was very big, quite well attended. >> Um, yon's back on >> I als you know I get the lessons in I bought lessons in my mar. Oh. >> Um, >> so anyway, >> cut off. >> You got cut off that THAT YOU YOU FOUND YOU, you you found the safer that were using lessons in at the over there, >> right? So, so my daughter saw me buying the >> Yeah. So my daughter, my book asked the guy, she goes, "Do you happen to have shi?" He says, "We have one." He goes, "It's she said he said to her, he goes, "Wow." He says, "We really have one last copy. We actually do have it." So he bought it. So my daughter bought it for my wife because my wife loves the safer. We don't have it. And she bought it for for a surprise, like a surprise gift. >> Okay. So, uh, first of all, I think I told you Rabbi Simpson was the RV in the shul. I I grew up with Rabbi Simpson in the shul in borrow park that your father came to from 1970 to 78 um or so. And I had my bar mitzvah in the shul. So I I you know I I I know you know the the person and um I don't remember >> for sure he was there. He was there. He was there until 19 I was born in 75. So he was there probably until 70 probably till 79 or 80. >> Uhhuh. Anyway, good to hear your uh wonderful uh oil uh story which is always uh nice to hear. Uh going back to the wedding, were there is there a good attendance of kabadnik there were you know what um by appearance I would say there were a scattering of people not a large contingent >> so I myself >> his son is not his son is not his son is kabad or not >> no his son is near Israel clean shaven he's a near Israel boy and and the Bakram were you know near Israel Bakram. >> Oh so what what I mean do you know I mean >> and I and I think that he came Zev Kim Zev himself came to Kabad relatively later in life. >> Ah >> so so u there was uh Rabbi Goldberger I came but he's not Kabad. Um so there were a few a few guys but I It wasn't a huge contingency of kabadnik, >> right? Um the uh all the shabraas were in Baltimore. I assume >> I don't know. I don't know. >> I think the kala's family is also from Baltimore. So I assume that they they are. >> Uhhuh. >> Okay. Well, that's very nice. We should wish him maza. Are they living in in Baltimore? His son Um I believe that the plan is to move to a show. >> Ahu very nice. >> But I don't think that's going to happen immediately. >> Right. Any last word you want to say about the Kinus or Iser or that's it? >> No, that's that's it. I think the encapsulation was like I said, I'm glad I went and um it kind of reinforced what my my were beforehand. Um, and I think that the do amazing amazing things and great work for Israel. >> Yeah. Which table force to be reckoned with. >> Which table? Which table were you sitting at? I mean, who else was at your table? >> I was sitting. So again, I signed up in this this group and they were all Israelis scattered around um u of different let's let's say none of them I was the only one in a in a hat um and and uh you know they were I I don't even know from where different places nestion and things like that that they were from uh interesting people as kabad can attract back interesting people. Um, we took a hassa, we took a van there and one of the guys talked to himself the whole time he was in the van and another guy before the van was opened up was trying to break into the van. Um, yeah. So, uh, as as these things go, you know, done. >> So, so um, the food was good. the food. >> Another guy had another guy who uh looked like he was older in his 70s um wearing a suit with a baseball baseball hat and a and a and a and a Mashiach pin, you know, making breakfast for Mashiach. And it was just it was an interesting interesting crowd. Interesting crowd. It's >> how how was the food? >> Food was excellent. The food was fantastic >> and and the level of production, the videos and >> unbelievable music. >> Unbelievable. >> Mash highest quality. Highest quality. >> Yeah. >> Very very well done. >> Which which which of the features touched you the most? Because they had three, four, four, five, six different types of features, you know, the little boy who was his legs were amputated. You know, which which of those things touched you most? I'm trying to remember. I think it was um I think it was the rabbi in uh from Jamaica. >> Oh yeah. >> That withtood the hurricane. >> Yeah. >> That normal people would get the heck out. Like there right there's a hurricane coming. You leave. We have cousins who used to live in Miami and you know she told me she was so tired of evacuating every time there was a hurricane. They were also above you, but but normal people would leave and they were like, "No, we have a job to do here and people need us here and we're staying here and we're going to open up. We're going to feed people and we're going to help people." And that to me was just exemplary of the mserious nephesh that the have. >> Yes. >> And and that they didn't even consider like it would be unnor abnormal for them to leave. Okay. We'll continue next uh next Monday. Mashem, have a great kesh and thanks for the uh update. Really appreciate it. >> Good chabases. Take care. Byebye.