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I want you to know, you know,
without getting too personal,
I was learning in Lakewood and I momish
staying the truth, not that I was not in
love with every Yid, but was outreach
from afar, right?
One day the Rebbe says to me,
"Momish, God gave you a talent to talk
to Yidden.
You have to talk to Yidden.
Right now the world needs you to talk to
Yidden."
I want you to know the Rebbe gave me a
new neshama.
Momish, he gave me a new neshama.
I walked out
and suddenly every Yid I saw I wanted to
strike up a Yiddele. You know, there's a
big Rebbe.
Give out flyers.
Now listen to this.
At that time when I was like
After that it was time for me like to
stand on my own feet, not chas v'shalom
without the Rebbe.
Now is not the time to tell you stories,
but anyway, let me tell you.
I would not leave the subway unless I
caught one Yid talk to.
I don't mind. I remember sometimes I
would walk,
travel back and forth the subway.
Momish, I'm not leaving until I found a
Yid.
Okay, one the night before Shavuos I
have Shavuos and at that time it's a
privilege of momish
being able momish not just to talk into
the Rebbe with organizational outreach,
but momish would sit with the Rebbe,
would talk to each other learning and
was getting anything.
Was getting anything, I'm telling you.
Anyway, I'm leaving the Rebbe 4:00 in
the morning.
And at that time
now I'm a rich schlepper. Then I was a
poor schlepper, but anyway,
today I would borrow money to go by the
by in a cab, but then I didn't have the
chutzpah to take money.
So I went by subway.
And it's late at night and I see
opposite me is looks to me like a Jewish
boy,
maybe he's 20 years old, 22, momish
glowing.
I say, "Hey, brother,
I see you're so happy. What's the
occasion?"
Oh, he says, "You see, I'm Jewish,
but I'm so proud to tell you and at that
time she was
was Friday and Shabbos.
He said I'm so proud to tell you that
this Shabbos the Sabbath
I'm getting married in a church in the
Bronx to a non-Jewish girl
and it's a very special weekend for me.
I knew it's a very special weekend for
him.
So
and you know something
there's only one way of talking to him.
I said listen to me.
I must have appreciated that very very
special that you're getting married
but I feel that you should get the
blessing from a very holy man before you
go to the huppah
and just two stations back there's this
very holy man.
I I met you with divine providence. Come
let's go back two stations and I'll
bring you to the Rebbe.
I'll never forget it. By that time it
was 4:30 and she was
and I knocked on the door
and then he Rebbe opened the door.
I don't know if I should tell you. You
know a lot of people have had the
privilege of walking into the Rebbe's
office
but not many people have the privilege
that they open the door.
Something else.
Rebbe opens the door you know.
I was
basically shocked to say the least.
And I was had my arms around this boy.
And uh
and he doesn't speak Yiddish and I found
out that he doesn't speak Yiddish. Rebbe
says so
Schleimer was brings to me do you know
what what do you bring me?
So I said
he needs a little thinking he's getting
married in a church on Shabbos.
I mean how far can you go right?
I mean not not many of us had this
privilege right?
>> [laughter]
>> You're not even hoping for it anyway.
So
listen to this.
The Rebbe says for me wait outside.
I waited till about 7:30.
Very close to the door. I think till the
morning.
You know what the Rebbe was doing?
Washing out his neshama.
This was not just a little dust.
I give the Rebbe had to do plastic
surgery on his neshama, you know.
Cut very deep.
The Rebbe opens the door.
And this boy's eyes are red with tears.
Rebbe says take him to the mikvah, you
know, that time the Christina mikvah.
And uh
then put on film with him.
And I don't have to take the end of the
story.
He was chosen a barber, you know, the
barber.