How the Lubavitcher Rebbe Reframed Jewish History - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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the yeshiva dotnet thank you for giving me the privilege of addressing you all on this very special day following the yard site the anniversary of the passing of this great Torah giant of the Jewish world the Lubavitcher ever of blessed memory rabbi bliss offski just mentioned that I had the privilege of serving on that I had the privilege of serving on the team of oral scribes of the hour long talks and addresses of the Lubavitch Ariba on the Sabbath on Shabbat and holidays when recording devices were not permitted so I want to describe to you my opening remarks how I got involved in that I was a young child growing up in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn not very far from here of Brooklyn not very far from here the Rattler they used to say doesn't sleep himself but also doesn't let anybody else sleep so although Jews Shabbos afternoon have a tradition to nap and if you grew up in a home where they celebrated Shabbos you know that the Shabbos nap is one of the most sacred enshrined institutions and Jewish culture depriving the Jew from that nap is akin to forcing him to baptize and is akin to forcing him to baptize and abandoning his faith and heritage for eternity that's true in the entire Jewish world but there was always one exception and that was Crown Heights even if you wanted to take a nap as they were saying if there's red there's good loss sloughing there ever wouldn't allow you to go to sleep metaphorically no so literally because Shabbos at 1:30 p.m. right after the meal right after the short meal he would

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