Ep. 32 // "Shock of Yud Shvat" w/ Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon

Rabbi Shmuly Avtzon is a Mashpia in the Yeshiva of 770 and director of Sichos In English, an organization founded by his late father and my uncle, Rabbi Yonah Avtzon a"h.
In this episode, we compare and contrast our childhood experience and recollection of 27 Adar and 3 Tammuz, him growing up in the thick of the Rebbe's neighborhood of Crown Heights and me growing up across the world on shlichus in Hong Kong.
We discuss the shockwaves these events had on our childhood, and whether or not they can be traced to earlier events in Lubavitch history and specifically the history of Dor Hashvii.
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As a sidetone, I recently worked with Shmuly on a documentary about SIE's new release of Likkutei Sichos in English.
You can see more about the project here: www.sie.org
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[@hisraveness]

Excellent discussion.

[@pigwilliam]

At 18:18 you try to figure out why gimmel tammuz was such a shock. I don't understand your question. In 1994 people took הגיע זמן גאולתכם and אט אט קומט משיח literally. People were expecting the Rebbe to stand up on the balcony and take us out of galus every time he waved his hand. Of course people were shocked when that didn't happen.
Likewise you analyze why people didn't prepare for gimmel tammuz beforehand. Of course nobody prepared. Why would you prepare for something that was never going to happen?

[@SF-bn9zh]

Only moshiach can do kubutz gulios. If someone else does it that is not Geula. This was something that was stressed many times by the Rebbe in the earlier years as to why the founding of the state of Israel was not in any way the beginning of the redemption. There are some things we can do and then there are things that king moshiach needs to do. The Rebbe told us that he needs our help to do his job. The way we help him is through doing our service of spreading Torah and chassidus in order to greet him as King Moshiach. But the Moshiach stuff he's got to do himself.

[@rudeb7]

so, can you imagine what they mean by each of us making a move even if it might be a mistake?

[@rudeb7]

what if your decision goes against things that the Rebbe said?

[@rudeb7]

the Rebbe also found it in the end impossible to accomplish.

[@rudeb7]

so, why are you waiting for the Rebbe to come back? why can't you do things that the Rebbe or Meshiach might do, like kibutz galuios?!

[@yossidubroff5010]

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