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the year was
1973 shis before
LBA that
EBA made a surprise
announcement everyone was preparing for
what we call today the great
parade whenever La came out on a
Sunday the re would come to
the service Lane of eastn Parkway and
they had a day in and they had the red
carpet and had thousands of people and
children and many non-religious children
came were brought there by buses and
talor children and Yeshiva children and
it was an event for all of the greater
tri state area from all
backgrounds from not yet from religious
not yet religious any anyone and
everyone it was a beautiful event most
times the the Sun was shining the
weather was great and the week before
the whole week before the 770 students
and others uh marown studentsa students
Andor students were making what was
what's called floats you know on big
trailer beds they made all kinds of
scenes of shabas lighting the candles
and the putting on Fillin and different
Mitzvah giving Seda keeping
chabas is etc etc
and this was something that the B and
the students worked literally every
night all night cuz it wasn't that week
week or so that they was uh crunch time
you know crunch time and it was time to
everyone was
excited you have to have been there to
feel the energy when when the rebba came
out the door from of 770 and walked down
the the uh the Dan that was made and the
platform the the music was on
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I believe with complete faith in the
coming of
mhia I remember being there as a young
boy as a young teenager as an older
teenager I literally felt mashia is
coming and then when the debit came out
as the debit came out and walked towards
the podium
with Rabbi JJ he standing there Rabbi
Golding standing there Rabbi kov and
Rabbi gari it was such a royal it was it
was regality royalty malus kingship you
know was very inspiring very very
inspiring so this was the atmosphere on
chabas in 770 and they made
a because Sunday was L the sh at
4 and the re announced and he's not
coming out to the
parade everyone's face
dropped what happened what's going on
what does the re know that he's not
telling us but he did tell us and he
said then that because there is a lack
of AAS
is in the community there's an issue
that's contrary to the love of one Jew
to another and he didn't spe
what that
is therefore he cannot come to the
parade cuz the parade is all
about
that and what happened and what's
happening is contrary to the message of
L and the used the words it hurts him
that he is not able to participate in
the Sim and they Happ the occasion
of as he was speaking the this talk the
the knife the dagger was going in deeper
and deeper and deeper into our
hearts M shabas came and
older and younger tried persuading the
rebba writing letters calling the
America's office of secretaries asking
them to communicate the message to the
rebba to please every everything come
out everything set up and prepared and
as we say in good old
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y nothing
helped Sunday came the parade went on
but the de did not come out why am I
sharing this with you to make you sad to
make you morbid to just repeat history
of 50 one years ago no no not at
all people ask
what can we do to bring mashia and all
kinds of things are done and it's all
great and important but there's
something so simple that every
individual can do that doesn't require
organizations doesn't require
announcements doesn't acquire money it
acquires yourself what is that having
abas is to another Jew loving another
Jew and helping another Jew bottom line
not you know with philosophy and
theories and let's do that and let's do
that and let's plan this and when we'll
get around to it and what does he say
what does she say forget about all that
leave that to what we call the Asim the
communal
activists believe me you and I can do
and need to do abas is in our individual
way which will get done right away and
be more
effective so practically what does that
mean there are people around you who are
are bedridden there are people who are
homeless there are people who are
nursing homes rehabilitation homes
hospitals visit
them talk to them
