From a Posture of Exile to Redemption | "An Evening with the Rebbe," Chabad of California

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi YY Jacobson’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

or at least a very young man. I can't remember which year exactly but it was in the 80s in the 1980s. It was the night of some and I had a place near my uh father of blessed memory in the front of the shul in the front of 770 Eastern Parkway very close to where the labava stood prayed danced, celebrated some. The place was packed. A room that probably legally should fit no more than 2500, maybe 3,000 people was filled to capacity and beyond capacity. And to me, it looked like there were 7, 8, 9,000 people hanging from the beams and every nook and cranny had somebody. The fact that everybody survived and are here, some of us here to tell the tale was a miracle in and of itself. As you know, there are seven hkafas and I can't remember which one, but one of them they honored the Reb's legendary ambassador to the west coast of the United States of America, Rabbi Schlunan with that hakafa. I think they gave him what's known as Msiahra, which is a very large Torah that was began began in the 1940s by the previous labb. He said he wants to write a Torah to greet Msiach. The Rebba completed the Torah in 1970 and they would take it out once in a while, usually once a month. Shabas was a very big Torah. It's still used with a crown, a beautiful crown, but it's a heavy Torah. And Rabbi Kunan [clears throat] today he's even younger than he was then. Then he was also young. Today he told me yesterday he's becoming younger and younger.

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1. 0:33or at least a very young man. I can't remember which year exactly but it was…
2. 6:34especially as we're here in the west coast commemorating both the yard site of rabbi of…
3. 13:05zater. Let the door expand." It seems like cliche, but it's really a powerful powerful message…
4. 19:38They land in a new way. One of those talks was also the night of some.…
5. 26:01now. And I don't want to be miserable like you. So, some people blame the internet.…
6. 32:35Why did Spenca walk out a middle? The violin, the guitar, the cello, even the drum.…
7. 38:51says it when you say something in the name of the one who said it and…
8. 45:15There's one way. Go from anci to anoi. As long as this is me, me me…
9. 51:43relaxed. They had a good night's sleep. Hopefully, is the woman just converses and tells stories…
10. 58:03here on earth where we don't feel it, we get to choose radical infinite love. And…

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