Hey Teves #4-Rabbi Shmuel Barenbaim of Mir yeshiva and Chabad - Didan dha'Seforim Notzach

coming here I had the privilege to speak with the beautiful here and he told me that I'm Leo you know I was going to Leo from the middle Yeshiva so I reminded myself that I wrote about Chabad and Mir one of my books is and I reminded myself yeah oh so I reminded myself of the roshishiva there yet by the name of the big town that bit of small Bambam was his name I also remembered that the Reba spoke about a tragedy that he had in his family that ever spoke about it I believe half of 1976. and I uh heard some background to it and I put it all in the book but what I want to say about shared some very interesting the goodness points that I'm thankful for and again please continue sharing because that's what makes life good when we share with others and we're not just limited to our own you know wasn't accustomed so what so Tom and I need that fact let me tell you a story that you don't know what I'm sure I heard this from a kid named Eber Ebert was a talmud like a like a very strong talmud of the mirror and you know his father really had a connection to the Bible he went to Mir he told me many things he told me one thing is that schmold come to Chicago to raise money for the Ishida for the Mir yeshivi here come to Chicago house because she's doing it was a town with a student of his he went over to the Bookshelf like yeah I believe there's a bookshelf day goes over and he sees a book noise and then he learned in the Babbage and he writes his mem his memories of of who we learned by and it's a fascinating read if you haven't read it you should I read it years ago actually one of our friends of SIM card is related to him anyway saw this book in the Shelf I think it was that book or was the books about the film released one of the two both flint and Lubavitch and he he grabbed the book and he read the book and he said to to akonon I I I want to read the book again and you know can I use the book the next year he came he said where is that safer where is that book you're talking about to a literature the literature you know like like you've accepted me he didn't really understand this to them he didn't come from you know he was tolerant you know he was a type of a year that was tolerant he wasn't you know an opponent of hasidim but he didn't understand it and yet when he reads about a year that I could have Spanish tomato or or or lays Anonymous I forget which one right now but regardless both he was so blown away hello he was so taken by by the words that he wanted again and again to reread it what's the point the point is that China is such that if you really are connected to Tata the the outer trimmings need to be put at the side we know a hospital we know all that that's not a Kiddush but why don't you find out more about the person and and you know an explorer was very very much interested in developing a relationship and I see them his system should develop a relationship and you know what the rabbit did the representative in Los Angeles when yitzy and I learned there in the Yeshiva he sent him to bhimana after his son was killed in Netanya hmm and I never heard that before but someone told me uh this is told him this okay and that the rapper of khadakov sent him there why why as many Russia shivas there's the way he lost his son his son was killed they thought it was a Palestinian terrorist and I wasn't I was a yeet it was a son and they shot him a guard shot him a guard of a Jewish Hotel Netanya but the closenberger have their hotel over there yeah terrible tragedy it was a mistake it was a mistake that episode that spoke about mezuzah everyone should have kosher masses and encourage people that resources they have a set of words that some some abundance intimated that this was a result of this and naturally when the literature of shivas and people heard this day were outraged so the epicenter of the right should go over to explain that's not what the way you heard it you know the way that ever spoke not the way that ever was but he did make the point that he said representative I don't know what made me say this he said I don't know what made me say this it's in the circle look it up it came out I had a feeling that we have to do something now to counter the problems and and it was the myths of mezuzah then right away there was ooh all of a sudden another campaign another mystery you know so the devil's message was like don't don't put you know don't don't put it down you don't want to do it don't do it but foreign was killed and there's other stories many other stories that Edward shared with when I put in the book what about what I'm saying is that that episode to keep a relationship with the daily with the Sadiq him and not as some think that he isolated himself yes salivation that happened to each other in 1928 29 30 in Berlin and when Robert salvation came to Boston in 1931 and became University 1944 I believe how many times did he visited was in Crown Heights how far is Washington Heights from Glenn Heights by train an hour two hours no an hour an hour an hour okay whatever uh don't you think that over 40 50 years these two people who had a relationship in in Berlin would see each other they didn't very seldom wow that was salvation came to the river when the rapper's mother passed away when did that when Robert salvation's mother passed away the rabbit did not go because he stopped going and you know we salvation there's people very upset and the opportunity sent trips to them he sent a Buchanan Gordon and a few others to be his lookham I heard this from someone who was there in the room and this is where Sullivan just said the fascinating thing is that like this listen like this and he said this to his talmad rather Aaron Rock Cafe he said eh meaning uh in college at an event in Berlin attic event across it he was accustomed while he was attending University by the way that bitchcock's grandfather and that ever studied together in the sorbond this kid's grandfather and Jim has a video of it which which is it's a costume yes you see he needs he needs me to come to his father but I'm going to tell him that even though he looked with him because he never asked you never asked you never told me this you have to ask me anyway anyway so so he said listen to this he's like he said why in Berlin um Heaven I was a student I let your imagination figure out what that means yeah but you understand the level was a classic while in in Berlin and salvation by himself I was a student doesn't mean he wasn't from of course he was from but he was a student a student he lives a student a couple what he was being a couple there yeah you could say that had a deep Soul connection and nevertheless they were in New York for 50 years to see each other maybe three times wow so in my book on uh Salvation in that book I I try explaining and later I saw talushkin writes in his book on the river that they had a soul connection and when you're good see and I your rapper here one of the rabbis said all right we're good friends from childhood you know yeah we we we played both together yeah we fought with each other you know what I'm saying you don't need to hang out we don't yeah exactly I I I I I I don't wanna I think I know who won yeah Rabbi winner and I slept together as 21 22 year old boys and students in Los Angeles we were roommates right roommates yeah who was Messiah [Laughter] young adults I don't think so I don't think so let's do it you and I would have to but anyway yeah the point I'm making is when your two friends and you grew up together there's you know you know it's it's natural you don't have to go you know what I'm saying you pick up where you left off 40 years ago you know what I'm saying so anyway we're all getting to know each other and fabling is a great time to get to know each other and then and then hello and then you want to you want to develop the relationship and you and you want to be you want to be a better person you want to be a better person that's what it's about it's a winner said about avoids at finland's happening and all that it's all about refining yourself it's a hard job a very hard job it's a lifelong job to become a mensch to become a mensch is a lifelong job and I'm not sure we accomplish it but like our Mashpee and Mario is going to make us people who may have a lifting gun I was a buffer once said that to him would you tell us to learn you tell us to dab and you tell us it is before dabbing and we try and we do it you know but I have the same I go down to lunch and I still want to eat with a tiger I still have the same desires so what's my Dominique worth what's my learning worth what's my thinking I see this worth I'm the same expression you see with the same behema yeah yeah right what what do you have for lunch what Apple yeah for lunch so this is what the machine good night good night be well be well have said listen to this Covenant that may look sent imagine what you would be without Dominique and without learning you would be such a bigger babe how much worse would it be everyone has to put things in perspective as long as you're going up the ladder and you're working on yourself and you want to be better and and you're trying and that's what a yamla this is about to to to exert effort and one of the good things to do which we also learn to yeshivas every day to take a few moments before you begin governing to think over a line and Tanya two lines three lines every day of the rest of your life you shouldn't be able to start governing unless you think over a few lines is doing thank you Stuart fire story still inside dessert when you do that you program yourself to be a little thoughtful before you begin diving so when you start diving you start praying you know if you think a little more about the words you're saying and yeah what happens if you can't remember the word the few lines um then the paraphrase you know there's there's remembering word for work and the general ideas could you remember that your car has a muffler yes could you remember that your car has brakes can you remember when you did an oil change I think you can right you could remember a concept God exists in this world God stands upon you God it permeates the world you can remember those General ideas so if you have a difficult time in memorizing the actual words memorize the idea but oh did you understand what I said yeah you got it yes go ahead sorry so the with the words with the with the parrot mamales with the 41st chapter of Tanya that yeah that we try to memorize uh yeah I've been working to memorize the whole patriotic so begin with the first 12 lines but okay so uh and then you try to extend it so the more the better you get at it kind of the more automatic I noticed it becomes then you just go because you're like you've been doing it for so many months or sometimes so many years that you just you just think those words what what is that chapter I'm sorry I don't know which chapter there chapter 41 in times what is the concept or or for God of soil accepting the elbow so if I understand you correctly your your uh seem you're making a mistake in the foundational approach that that the way that's what it sounds to me and I'll I'll if if I'm right I'll correct you and that is it's not just about memorizing words that's the way it begins it's about thinking about the words I'll give you an example without the Epic chapter 41 starts but I'm sorry however but that means however it one must constantly remember stop what does the word Brahm mean however in English when you say however it's referring to something before what is it referring to do you know no that means you don't that means you don't understand Italian no no I'm serious thank you and no no no no and the point I'm taking that out of context wait wait Rabbi doll from the headline Rabbi Dalvin says Gamaliel doesn't understand Tanya on his birthday Rabbi dolphin wants to share it and teach Gabriel how to how to learn simple shots and when you this is this shot this is not thinking see this this is however what does it say before and the answer is the last five chapters in Tanya from 36 through 40 drama speaks about what's called having Cabana Alva it speaks about love comes in chapter 41 is however that's secondary what's most important is the foundation right the foundation and that is that's so that right away so when you say excuse me you say the word however you just don't say a word you have to think what does the however mean number that's number one but um mean what does it mean it has to be what does that mean