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סליחות עשרה בטבת תשכ"ה - 50 שנה

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יארצייט הרש"ל - ארבעים שנה

Reb Shmuel Levitin was the zkan and most respected Lubavitcher chossid from his arrival in NY in 1938 until his passing on 11 Elul תשל"ד. The Rebbe had great derech eretz for Reb Shmuel  as well and would write his name as such: הרש"ל. There are countless such stories. Reb Shmuel was Rov in Rakshik, Lita until he left Europe. He was a grandson of the great Reb Gershon Ber of Pahar, and would call himself a 5th mekabel of the Alter Rebbe. He was sent to the US by the Frierdige Rebbe as a שד"ר in 1938 and was thus saved from the horrors of WWII, but he lost his wife and several of his children, r"l.  In Crown Heights he was the Rov of the Lubavitcher shul - 770, until his passing. He was the first when it came to kibbudim, went along with the Rebbe to shiva calls or to visit the camps, etc. Bekitzer, he was the man. He was already a "zach" בחייו  of the Rebbe Rashab, being sent on shlichus to the Republic of Georgia, where he exhibited great mesiras nefesh and brought many closer to Torah, as well as to Chassidus. Anybody who came in contact with him will tell you one thing for sure, he was a great פקח. Anyway, we all know that in Lubavitch we say Yisgadal VeYiskadash, not "deil" and "deish." Reb Shmuel, however, had this minhag to say "deil" and "deish," which was apparently how the Rebbe Rashab would say it. Here we bring you a recording from Reb Shmuel davening for the amud and being oleh leTorah in the summer of 5725/1965, where we can hear saying it as such.

Thanks for listening.

תענית אסתר וקריאת המגילה אין סאטמאר - תשכ"ה

הערט און האט הנאה/ווערט נתעורר

Click on link and audio will start automatically. Clip begins in middle of Krias HaTorah for Taanis Esther. I'm not sure if the בעל קורא is the סאטמאר רב himself or not, but the מגילה is.

השתפכות הנפש - סליחות עשרה בטבת תשכ"ה ביים רבי'ן

Selichos Asara B'Teves 5725 with the Rebbe דאווענען פאר'ן עמוד.

The Rebbe's mother passed away on 6 Tishrei of that year and he davened for the amud all of that year. A rarity in Chabad. The רביים never davened for the עמוד besides for when they were חיובים or on a יארצייט. At that time, and until 5748, the Rebbe davened שחרית ביחידות, and would only join a מנין for קריאת התורה, where he would usually be עולה שלישי during the week. On שבת ויו"ט he of course davened with the מנין and was עולה מפטיר. Here we hear the Rebbe - beginning from שמע קולינו in שמו"ע and through סליחות. I would dare say that even dyed-in-the-wool Lubavitchers are very נתרגש from this recording, no matter how many times they hear it. The בכיות are מורא'דיג, and the השתפכות הנפש will shake you to the core. Something for all of you to remember. Click on the above link and it will take to a page that will open automatically. Open a סידור to the סליחות of עשרה בטבת and follow along. If you have little time you can skip ahead to minute 12:30 and listen. (Note: the picture here is from Yud Shvat 5724 and was used for illustration purposes only.)