Video: Recalling the Rebbe Accepting the Nesius

Reb Moshe Chaim Sapochkinsky recalls traveling to New York in honor of the first yohrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Previous Rebbe. He was present at the historic event when a group of elder chasidim petitioned the Rebbe to accept the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch, which the Rebbe had previously declined to do.

Living Torah Disc 136 Program 543

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  • The elder Chossid

    The elder Chossid was Avraham Sender Nemtzov. The video focuses on his face in the photo. A Chossid geze from chaidim of the baal shem and a Talmud in TT in Lubavitcher. Was a Chossid of 3 rabeim. Was also father law of Dr. N. Mindel. His wife is buried next to Rebetzin Chana, Shaina sara Nemtzov.