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The Story of 12 13 Tammuz By Rabbi Yitzy Erps
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The Story of 12 13 Tammuz Rabbi Yitzy Erps
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and now we welcome the world's best
Storyteller Rabbi yti hers to tell us
the story of you
Basim sit back relax and
enjoy it was the 14th of SE the year to
r p Zion the doorbell suddenly
rang and the door was smashed
open
all right who here
is excuse me why must you shout you know
who schneerson is if you didn't know why
would you come here if you're looking
for me I am right here I am certain that
you will not disturb me from my evening
meal Wula the soldiers are going to
stand guard put the soldier by every
place all right there citizen
schneerson let me show you this document
here you have to read this and sign this
document that we search your house
according to the Lord I will not sign
this fine well let me tell you something
now Rabbi schen you are under
arrest I demand permission to put
anilin and Davin to pray and also that
kosher food be made available to me for
for my own
home you may take your feeling religious
books even paper and Pen it is very hot
in here Lula come let us go downstairs
we'll wait downstairs for the vehicle
Rabbi after you finish taking care to
make your mother quiet then pack your
bags and get ready to go okay come Lula
let's go downstairs yeah all right let's
go let us take this opportunity before
they come back upstairs I want you to go
and send out schim to go to the kavor of
my ancestors go to ROV andin and laich
and
hadit now listen no matter what when
word gets out that I'm arrested I don't
want that any of our underground
activities should be stopped and you
could rest assure that if they
interrogate me from today till tomorrow
it won't help they will never get me to
speak and if H for shom somebody is
arrested and they claim that I revealed
their name then you should know it's a
lie because nothing nothing that they
have in their power is going to make me
talk do you understand I will take the
blame for everything and anything but
you must go and borrow money and make
sure the re BMA paid keep theas going
keep the learning going don't stop it
for a minute no matter what all right we
are coming upstairs to get you all right
soldiers guards come over here quickly
quickly you go from the back you go from
the sides and all around like that I
don't understand why you need to have
soldiers standing there with their
swords drawn and their rifles I will
come with you don't worry H I am
following procedures come all right come
down the steps and so sure enough they
walk downstairs and they went to the
Courtyard it was a very tearful moment
I'll help you rabbi
there you know easy does it okay are you
in yes thank you they started to drive
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away the driver pulled
up all right we are here outside Rabbi
step outside we are here now at 24
SP stand and and descend from the
vehicle excuse me Mr
nanson are you going to keep your word
what you told me that I will be allowed
to put on my Fillin even before entering
the prison you are starting to demand
things are you oblivious to what your
situation is do you realize you are
under arrest do you realize you're going
to
prison all right you are to go down that
long Corridor over there straight to the
open doors along the length of the room
stood 10 or maybe 12 armed guards each
armed with a kak spike it's like a spear
that was hanging across his back he had
a polished sword in his left hand and a
rifle in his right hand they stood like
marble pillars unmoving yet their eyes
attentively surveyed the entire area the
Dreadful bizarre scene wouldn't
inevitably frighten any normal person
the rebber began to walk towards the
administrative
office the rebba suddenly heard one of
the officials
say citizen go sit over there here is a
sheet of questions answer each question
clearly I'm looking at this and I have
nothing to write what seems to be the
problem here I am unable to allow the
citizen questionnaire since it does not
provide any responses any answers H let
me take a look at this H you have not
answered any of the questions in this
form you must fill out everything
completely there is no other
alternative all I have to state is as
follows I am Rabbi
schneerson son of the fame rabbi
schneerson of
Lich I bear the hereditary title of
honored for Generation citizen my
birthplace is luich I studied there at
the yiva I lived 8 and A2 years in
rostov and 3 years in Leningrad my
primary preoccupation is religious study
I'm involved in the philosophical system
known as cidus here
secretary right as the citizen States
the secretary gathered all the documents
and told the rer to follow her the Clock
Struck half 4 please I'm a religious Jew
just give me 5 minutes to put on my
villain or even 3 minutes
please no you understand
no there re realized at that moment he
would not have a chance other than this
moment while he's walking behind the
guard to put on the Fillin so quietly
the Reber began to put the Fillin on his
hand first and after he put the fill on
his arm he began to put the shell Roy on
and at that moment the god suddenly
turned
around what is this I told you no and
you're still trying to put on your
trillin how dare you I will teach you a
lesson with that the guard gave a zets a
punch to the reer and a push at the same
time and the reer tled out those metal
steps re realized that his belt buckle
cracked and part of the metal went into
his stomach and he was bleeding he was
in a lot of pain you will soon see the
fire
treatment that will be showed to you by
the head of the sixth
division perhaps three or four days in
that secluded room with the mice and
rats and the Slime and the mud will get
you to change your mind you won't be
thinking about your religious things
anymore and then as he sat to rest for a
moment he started to gather
his inner strength grabbed onto a
railing began to pull himself up and
went up step by step until he got to the
top the man or beast called
Peta arise don't worry we will clean you
out as you
deserve we will pull you apart bone by
bone very well then
beta you may return I'll call you when I
need you at that moment when he was
alone with the official of the sixth
division the rebba asked please can I
please put on my trillin no you may not
pray no
way you just sit over there and you wait
until I searched through all your things
at that moment he turned his back to the
reel
and he faced the table where he was
searching through the reenu Tom filling
the swm that were there even through the
garle and since his back was turned the
rabit thought for a moment ah I have a
moment where I could put on my
Chillin at the moment the official
finished searching the re's things he
turned around with the rage that
continued to burn how dare you and he w
ran over I pity you old man with your
white face and your black lips it does
not look like you will last very long
here we won't have to deal with you much
longer bet you bet you come in here
quickly I am finished with this prisoner
the rebber extended his hand to take his
T forget everything you must remember
that you are are a prisoner here do you
understand if it really means so much to
you then why don't you write to one of
the officials and if he approves then
I'll give everything you want the Reb
insisted and sending telegrams to the
official the Reba wrote three telegrams
all with the same words I he with
request to immediately order the head of
the sixth section to give me my filling
religious Rabbi why schneerson the rebba
and Peta continue to walk until they
arrive to jail cell
16 in the name of the Lord I am
commencing a hunger strike until my
request for my Fillin and religious
books is fulfilled the door was closed
it was already 40 hours into the Revis
fast and not even a single drop of water
had entered into his mouth
suddenly he heard the locks being open
and then there was a flashlight and
shined right into the room then three
soldiers came in carrying rifles and
there were four soldiers outside with
drawn St the official stared at the
rebba and then said come come with
us the other cellmates were crying with
tears streaming from their eyes as the
rebel walked through the corridor I
hereby order you to remove your hat and
if you refuse you will have a Bitter End
I will not remove my hat and I want to
know if you know who I
am who are you
I am the
laab
so the lababa is not frightened or taken
aback by your attempts to intimidate him
in the interrogation room three men were
sitting with a gun resting in front of
each of them clusters of weapons were
all over the room their faces all had
expressions of rage and their eyes
glimmered with animosity and anger the
rabbit turned to the interrogators and
said this is the first time I have come
into a room and not a single person has
arisen from his
place do you know where you
are sure I am in a place that does not
require muuza like a stable or a
bathroom
silence do you see this toy that I'm
holding this gun with this gun I have
silenced many people and made many
people talk now do you
understand listen to me very
carefully your toy your gun can only
frighten someone who has many gods but
one world but I who have one God and Two
Worlds am not frightened by your little
to
silence
silence do you see this arm extended
before you from the time I was 14 years
old it has been engaged in the sacred
task of annihilating those such as
yourself we are all aware that you have
used your influence to create a network
of korim and your shos and other
religious institutions throughout the
USSR there is no Prohibition in Soviet
law against
Andis Kinko the chief State prosecutor
of the Soviet Union has explicitly
declared no official law has ever been
made in the Soviet Union against
institutions of religious education with
whom is it incumbent to comply Kinko or
Lula 24 hours you w't be shot it was now
three full days that no food or water
had passed the Reba's lips finally on
Friday afternoon a Jewish member of the
GPU brought the Reba's Fillin and holy
books and the rebba told him I will not
eat prison food only food that is
brought from my house will I eat the
rebber immediately began to put on his
filling and he began to Dam it
a short time passed and the prison guard
brought three whole Halas from the Reb's
house for the shabas meals
fines thas at 11:00 in the morning a
guard entered the room and said to the
rebba in Russian
St St stand the rebel responded in
Yiddish
L if you do not obey we will be beat you
the rebber replied no no the guards beat
the rebba and left
later another group of guards came in
with
Lula reer why are you so stubborn they
have come to inform you that your
sentence has been lightened if you are
told to stand
stand but the Reber remained totally
unresponsive he did not answer them and
the guards continued to Pummel the Reber
and they beat him and again they left
after some while a fourth set of guards
came to the cell and told the reer to
proceed to the office and there he was
informed that his sentence had been
reduced you will be freed from prison
and sent for 3 years in cast as the
Reber approached the table he observed
his case documents were lying there he
noticed that on the first line there was
something crossed out looking closer he
noticed it was nullifying his official
death
sentence next line stated that the rebba
should be sent for 10 years to Slovakia
and next to it was written yet no and on
the last line was written three years
cast drama then the rebel thought to
himself today is Thursday day and he
asked the guard excuse me when will the
train arrive in
kastama on Saturday why on shabus no and
I will not take that train and the rebba
remained
inera for a second shabas on Sunday on
gimel Thomas the guard finally said to
him you have permission to return home
for 6 hours the re came home at a time
when his family thought that they would
never ever see him again before long the
Reber arrived at the station and from
the step of the coach the Reber
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set as the rebba finished his SAA the
train left and travel for 24 4 hours it
finally arrived in
cast in just a few days on yud Bas
Thomas the Reb
birthday Rabbi I go this as a personal
privilege to tell you that you are a
free man theedom and all the Eden they
celebrated Without End their Joy knew no
bound boundaries and this y haa is
celebrated till this very
day