Rabbi Zalman Posner Farbrengs With Tiferes Bachurim
It’s been 10 days since Yud-Shevat, when the expectations of the Rebbe and Previous Rebbe greatly dwell in the hearts of all Tomchei Bachurim. It’s been even longer since Gimmel-Tammuz but despite this we continue to serve Hashem and follow the Rebbe by farbrenging with elder chassidum and accomplish shluchim. Thus, you can imagine the excitement of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim, last night, Rabbi Zalman I. Posner, head shliach of Tennessee, visited for a farbrengen. He spoke in a stream of consciousness spanning memories of his father of the Rebbe Rashab and Itcher the Masmid to his personal encounters with the Rebbe and Rebbitzin.
Rabbi Posner first emphasized that chassidum of his time had an experience many didn’t, which was to know the Rebbe. The Previous Rebbe once related to him, “You are now American bachurim, everything must be evaluated in its own time and space…but when your father was a Tommim in Lubavitch it was a-a-a-ll different, be like your father.” Rabbi Posner said that many things the Rebbe said to individuals were in fact messages for all Jews, and one who heard such sentiments is an instrument “to spread these ideas.” He also said that the Rebbe didn’t want us to copy him , but instead wanted us to live to give nachas to the Rebbe; it’s not most important to get burdened by how much gemorrah or chassidus one knows baal-peh, yet how one conducts himself, thinks, and acts, this is essential to being a chassid. Ahavas yisroel is the epitome of this.
The Rebbe relayed many times in Posner’s presence that, “the Yetzer tov should be in all his heart, the words that come from the heart go into another’s heart.” Not only this but we must also enter into our hearts the words of the Rebbe. When asked, how we can give nachas to the Rebbe, rabbi Posner answered, “we should find someone who knows what the Rebbe said, and can verbalize it.”
Whether by a shliach, mashpia, or chassid; now more than ever can we learn from and about the Rebbe. For those many Jews who attend last night’s farbrengen, who never had a chance to be by a farbrengen of the Rebbe or to enter his room for yechidus, were able to walk away feeling a little bit closer to the Rebbe through the stories of Rabbi Posner; until we will be with him once again, speedily in our days.
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MARVIN SAKA
I REMEMBER RABBI POSNER AND HIS FATHERS FAMILY. I LIVED IN PITTSBURGH ,PA IN THE 1950’S AND EARLY 1960’S.. MY FATHER AND MOTHER BOTH SEPHARDIM FROM BROOKLYN, NY . WHO WANTED TO MOVE TO A MORE “JEWISH NIEGHBORHOOD” FOUND A TWO FAMILY HOUSE ON 6313 DOUGLAS STREET. MY PARENTS KNOW WHAT IT WAS TO BE RELIGOUS. BUT FEEDING FAMILY FIRST .THE RETAIL BUSINESS DOESN’T CLOSE ON SHABBAS.. WHO WAS OUR NEW LANDLORD . NONE OTHER THAT RABBI ZALMANS FATHER AND MOTHER . NOT ONLY THAT BUT MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND I WHERE ENROLLED IN HIS YESHIVA. FROM KINDERGARDEN TILL 7TH GRADE I WAS A YESHIVA STUDENT. I WAS NOT A GREAT STUDENT. BUT I LEARNED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. I AM A FATHER OF 4 GRANDFATHER OF 11 MARRIED 38 YRS . I THANK THE POSNERS FOR SHOWING ME THE GOOD LIFE .. ALL OF THE ELDER POSNERS CHILDREN HAD A GREAT LOVE OF HASHEM AND SPREAD IT TO ALL THEY MET.. I ALWAYS REMEMBER ALL THE RABBIS AND LAY TEACHERS THAT I MET IN THE YESHIVA. MAY HASHEM BLESS THIS GREAT FAMILY
Nellie Schwartz
B’H
The year was 1980 my family and I just arrived from Moscow, Russia to Nashville TN. To this day i remember how amazing Rabbi Posner was to us. Thank you so much for accepting us the way we were. Being born to a place where Jewish teachings and values were far non. B’H over 30 years later and thousands of miles from Nashville I try to teach my daughter Torah and how amazing Jewish life is. Thank you Rabbi Posner.
Nellie Evrenson ( Schwartz)