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0:00 ...and another 23 Jews took on Shabbos. - Now, from this time? - Maybe more, yes. - Really, Rav, more? Really, we need — There was strengthening; I went and spoke with them about family purity, with strengthening and... I don't know how the Rav does it, I slept only three hours so that I could see the Rav. I can't — I don't know how you, Rav, do all this strengthening, what you do for me.
0:31 - So I say: "He gives strength to the weary, and to the powerless He increases might." The Holy One, blessed be He, gives the strength. And you, baruch Hashem, give the strength — when one sees Jews warm, with heart — that you love Hashem; you spread G-dliness, and you do so much good in the world. Truly, I — truly — [unclear]. I will miss you. I learned here among you — think of it. I will miss you very, very much. Truly, you are truly a light unto the nations, you are a special community, truly, all of you, all the Jews here in France.
1:11 I very much — I was even sorry that I did not meet everyone, and there wasn't... - What, will the Rav come back to them? - With Hashem's help, and at some point we will be able to. You know, there is already a lot of work. The Jews there — there too we need to shine the light, and now, with Hashem's help, we also want to publish my books. For one has already come out; there are dozens of books to come out.
1:35 We really need to publish a great many books, with Hashem's help — that lots of shiurim and wonderful books come out, truly full of the revelation of G-dliness and Torah; and also, with Hashem's help, a beis midrash in Jerusalem that we want to establish there, and also a beis midrash in a large center, large, to receive all the people who come — the sick and the unfortunate — and there is no room to receive them; and also my institute, that is Torah scholars.
2:04 So very many, many, many expenses, because there is a lot of activity and expenses, and it is very big. We want this, truly, in order to continue to help the Jewish people, everything in cleanliness and in purity, truly to help the Jewish people, really. We see this as my way to help the Jewish people, to help the Torah, to make the Torah shine, to do good in the world.
2:29 That is to say, know that... [unclear] you, really, because the strengthening, the encouragement — it is more than a donation. The strengthening, the encouragement — you encouraged us, you strengthened us, it is truly, like... It is like — it is written on the matter. And this too — it is written, as we see, the one who gives... and the one who appeases him — with eleven. That is, a person who even just appeases a poor man merits double the [unclear], even though he did not donate to the poor man.
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2:57 What does that mean? Sometimes one also needs to give strengthening. You know, you do so much good, everything — it is only to strengthen this good, so that this good will always succeed in shining in this dark world — so much light. There won't be. This world is darkness. [unclear] - I am the chairman of [name unclear]. Yes. Did I make [unclear] for you there?
3:22 Truly. - A privilege. I saw the Rav three days in the week — it is a privilege [unclear]. You know, in these two days too there was a lot of [unclear], of course. [unclear]... [unclear] told you, I have no words — ever since the welcome, you took care of us. All the Jews there really took care of everything for me. On the side, they brought a car, and here they took care of the flight, the plane, everything.
3:51 They organized everything for me; they told you to come and arrange everything. We no longer did a thing — they organized the tefillin, the books, and that is how you received us. Truly, thank you, for everything. I really don't know how to thank you and to bless you — very much, [unclear] — and I thank you for everything you did. Shine the light, shine the light. You are now in this exile — shine this light, Will you listen to us?
4:17 It has to be shown. Spread G-dliness, reveal G-dliness, make the Torah of Hashem shine. - They ask — it is like all the French — the same question we heard, we heard the answer — whether to do the thing, or not to do it. We don't know if they... We want to. We want to, we want to. We need a blessing from [unclear]. - I am... in contact — I am in contact with many rabbis who heard [unclear]. [unclear] — with Hashem's help, we stay in contact.
4:47 We are checking [unclear]. I am very responsible about the answers I give. I am very responsible. I think a great deal; I am measured. Before I am asked a question — I like to give responsibility. You understand? The message — the most important thing is the message: that you be united, in joy.
5:15 I will of course be in contact; if I hear anything more that is unusual, or anything, I will of course let you know, but in the meantime I wanted all the Jews to be united. In general — that you simply be united. [unclear] Thank you very much. May you always be together, may you always [unclear] good, may you always be in joy, may you always shine the light, may you let nothing separate you or weaken you.
5:41 [unclear]... in light, and also beautiful. Always keep, among yourselves, that among you [unclear], unity — loving [unclear]. The strength of the Jewish people is the strength of [unclear]. We are united — for the strength of the whole community, for blessing, for [unclear]. Why [unclear] our Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple? Why don't you have it? It is that — being in the exile, being among the non-Jews.
6:11 The non-Jews cannot harm the Jewish people when there is ahavas chinam, baseless love; when there is lashon hara — when there is lashon hara... and the Satan always tries to harm the Jews. Always guard yourselves, to speak good, to speak good of the Jewish people, to do good, and this will give you joy and protection, to be only [unclear].
6:37 See the Yerushalmi, Peah, chapter 1, halachah 1: what the importance is of [unclear] lashon hara. [unclear], [unclear] — see the Yerushalmi, Peah, chapter 1, halachah 1: see what a thing — the generation of Achav, the generation of Achav would win in war. such great [unclear], but they would win in the wars. They [unclear] lashon hara.
7:04 This is important. Why? When you are among non-Jews, you need to be the most careful. When Jews — Israel, you know — Israel, among us, the politics — it doesn't matter, everyone [unclear]. By now, people laugh. You know, I laugh a lot too. So you don't need to worry; but in the exile one needs to be more careful among the non-Jews, so that there won't suddenly be hatred — non-Jews will come, [unclear]: the Jews are divided, the Jews are not as one.
7:40 Now is a good time to know. When they see the Jews as one, they see everyone [unclear]. When they see the Jews — When did Haman try to harm Israel? Divided. Exactly. "There is one people, scattered and divided among the peoples." When you are divided — that is the fear, that is the danger. Be one, always be united, and the Holy One, blessed be He, blesses you. - Amen, amen.
8:06 Remind everyone who was not here that I love him. I prayed and [unclear] everyone who is under [unclear]. I stood, I looked at the sky the whole way. I looked at the trees, I prayed, I had in mind, with [unclear], that many good [unclear] be drawn down in every place I was, that holiness be drawn there, to every place I was; that you have much blessing and elevation and connection to the Holy One, blessed be He.
8:33 and to cleanse the skies as much as possible, so that you will have it. This is your wife. Amen, amen. Thank you very, very much.
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