History Of The Altein Esrogim The Rebeim Used

The famous [music] Hassid Rabbi Israel Jacobson of Hashalam left Russia and [music] came to America in tes pav 1926. His first in America tapes Pionel went to see the Rabalo [music] Simpson an old friend whom he knew from Titim in Labavich who had arrived in America the previous year. Where can I get a Yanver from? >> A Yanver? You mean an ESR from Italy? Here in America, there's no such thing as a Yanver. What do you mean? >> We go to the east side of Manhattan and get a beautiful as that comes from Aritis. But we are Kabadim and get this from Italy. You will see next year. I will get this from Italy and I will [music] get one for you too. >> Sure enough, right after silkis rais [music] got to work writing letters to people who dealt with in Warsaw, Poland. >> Hello Mr. Cray. >> Hello. I hear you have been arranging Yaniv for the Kabadim since the times of the Reb Ashab. Can you send some to America? That year in the month of Civ [music] was arrested. Rabisel immediately sprang into action. He organized a massive campaign encouraging hidden from all over the country to flood Russian government [music] offices with thousands of protest letters. But Rabbi [music] did not stop there. He personally traveled to Washington DC where he appealed to the US State [music] Department to intervene. Thanks to these tireless efforts, pressure was placed [music] on the Soviet regime and freed Kurba was ultimately released and [music] sent to Castra and fully freed on based Tamils. A few months later in Tish of Tesh Pas, Rab Israel [music] received the first box of Yanver to arrive on American shores. Yahoo! LOOK WHAT WE HAVE. >> WOW, a Yanver. Now we Hassidim in America can shake the minimum like true Kabad Hassidim. >> Thank you for sending us. I'm glad you received them. How were they? [laughter] >> They were a bit crooked and had some dots on them and I would pay more and order more if they were nicer. You know what? I [music] will go myself to oversee the picking the sure enough in to [music] payroll received some beautiful. Later that year, the fida visited Erit Israel [music] and then came to America along with his secretary Dachcha Fagan [music] to raise money for Russian jewelry. Knowing that he would be in America for Sukis, [music] Repacha arranged for Alan Estri to be sent to America in advance. [music] When Repacha arrived, he went to visit Rabisro in his home. Reb is royal, it's so nice to see you in person after all the letters that we wrote to each other in codeim. Yes, it took some time to decipher the code. But Nulu, that's how things had to be done when you were behind the iron curtain. >> Raisel, you were such a big part in saving the rebu. It was a huge zus. But let's focus on what I can do to help the Reban now while he is here in America. >> Raisel, what's this? Wow, your Srig is more beautiful than the rebels. >> Soon after, Rabbi Israel met the Fred Karba and gave [music] him his Srig. The Fred Deerebba was taken aback by the beauty of the asri. This is not a gaul as [music] he exclaimed. He wanted to pay for it but refused. >> It's fully yours. >> 10 years later in tough shin 1940 the freedbe moved to America. Once again [music] rais provided the freed with an esreg. And from Tshin Al if 1941 when our Reb arrived in America, Rebi Isra would give his [music] best to our Reb for him to choose an estribbe and for himself in the [music] 1950s mortab in Italy who later moved to Australia wrote [music] to the reband. I feel it is important to bring to the Reb's attention [music] a matter of great concern. The Yanu which until [music] now were known for their purity have been picked from wild fields. Now the local goyan are realizing there is money in the estri business and some have begun grafting the earth trees with other types of trees. This could result in becoming noncosher and poss with urgency as I know how precious the mitzvah of dal meaning is to the rebba and to all of cl Israel. When the rebba received the letter he immediately contacted rabbi [music] Jacobson. The rabbi asked that Rabbi Jacobson and one other trustworthy id be present at the esro fields [music] during the cutting to ensure that no grafting had taken place and at theim are 100% [music] kosher. Traveling wasn't cheap and Rabbi Jacobson wasn't wealthy. So the rebba personally participated with the travel expenses. The Rebecca gave $51 in cash, $500 bills, [music] and one single dollar bill to be a true partner in the mission. Rabbi [music] Jacobson and his son-in-law, Rabbi Murdo Aline, flew across the Atlantic to Italy. They would crawl under [music] the thorny Ezre bushes, digging through the dirt to make sure that [music] no grafting had occurred, even by the roots of the trees, and that every errich is kosher. Oh, look. Do you see here? Someone combined the roots of the essay tree with the roots of another tree to make it stronger. This makes the from this tree not kosher. It's pushed. >> And here they are doing the same thing with the branches. This is what we'll have to look out for to make sure the are >> at one point aid wrote to the about the mashim. Although Rabbi Jacob was sent to supervise the to ensure they are cauter. He is no since he is selling the game. How can he serve as the Mashiach? >> The Reb responded, there is a in that [music] even one person is believed in matters of Isurim and about Rabbi Jacobson who added [music] I know him very personally and he is reliable. He is someone you can trust. In the early 1960s when Reb was no longer [music] able to travel to Italy, the Reb gave instructions that Reb Mosha Lazar wanted the Schlim [music] to Italy should go together with Rabbi Israel to help with the cutting of the Eurum. For several [music] years, they worked side by side. But in 1969 after Rabis suffered a serious heart attack the doctor [music] said he could no longer make the trip. So Rab Murdo Rabis's [music] son-in-law returned to cutting aim with Muisha Lazar [music] until Murdai too had a heart attack in 1976 and the [music] Reba instructed that another from Milan Remalim should now help with the [music] cutting. And from then on, every single year, it was these [music] two devoted rudder [music] carefully cut the esiman. It was hard work, but they did [music] it with joy, knowing that these were for the Reb and [music] his. While they worked, they kept a special lookout for the biggest and most beautiful Asan, the kind the Reb preferred. These were packed [music] into special boxes for the reba. >> I will mark the largest radium for the rebu for kadesh and kuf short foreshim for the even larium. Once they arrived in New York would take all the designated esrogim in a suitcase and lay them out on tables in the ganed before the yudimish fab. The Reba would also choose an es for [music] the 15 or 17im from around the world who have come to celebrate sukus with the rebba. [music] In the later years, the yanover began having pitims, small stems [music] at the top. Before choosing his esrog, the rebba would separate those with pitums from those without [music] and would always select one with a pitim. After this election, [music] would have a withb in which he would discuss family matters and how the business was going. In addition [music] to the $501 the reba contributed towards the travel expenses, the reba paid an additional $100 [music] for the esrig that he used for himself and the other. This [music] special family who brought the Estrean to America with a lot of hard work and determination [music] and have supplied with from Italy have [music] now undertaken to supply you with [music] to go on. Just go to your parent account today to get your [music] very own lav and yanik. [music]