Ep. 90 // "A Bochur in the 60s" w/ Rabbi Yosef Minkowitz

He wrote a letter, "Bevadei zecher," for sure you remember, the farbrengen bli pirsum.

He's vado bli pirsum that we had in Machavaya 22.

That's the address of, of the Friediger Rebbe's house.

And the, the dibur, "Venigea por aduma," and the tainis that he had, and, uh, th-that's, that's what it says.

And, um, uh, th-then the 1947, I never saw this letter.

They gave out the, the book Early Years, so they must have found from the archives a letter that my grandfather wrote to the Rebbe in response to that letter.

He writes that, that, uh, "You, you wrote that I for- I remember.

How could I forget such a thing? This is about my whole life, is this, the whole union.

It's, it's, it's not Beged Zechira." But he said, "That which you write about por aduma, that part I don't remember.

So it's not too hard for you.

Please, you can l-let me know." That was before the Rebbe became Rebbe, so he asked him, he asked him that.

And also, he was in charge.

When he came to Paris, he was in charge of ma'amad, collecting ma'amad.

Merzedeh.

Merzedeh.

Uh, to collect ma'amad for the, uh, for the people, for, for, for to go, to go to the Rebbe and the Rebbe's family, et cetera.

And, uh, Yud Beis Tammuz, Taf Shin Yud, the Rebbe, before, before that, the Rebbe wrote to Merzedeh that he wants, they should send him the reshimah of the people giving ma'amad.

They should be able to read it by the, by the Tzaddikim, by the Elul, and it wasn't Elul built yet, uh, on Yud Beis Tammuz.

So he st- stood up, he sat up a whole night Thursday night, and he, he wrote the reshimah.

He wrote it once and again.

And Friday, Friday, he ran to the post office.

He himself wanted to deliver it.

They asked him, "Why do you have to run? We'll go for you." "No, no, no." He has to make sure that it goes.

So he came, the post office closed at six o'clock.

He came, he came, it was a quarter to 6:00, and the guy slammed the door right in his face.