Rabbi Schapiro's Zichronos

Intro to series, and R’ Shmuel Levitin bentshes hagomel after breaking his hand.

A fire breaks out, and the Rebbe is concerned about the pazharnikes (firefighters) destroying things.

The Rebbe indirectly asks R. Pikarsky about his new sefer on the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch.

R’ Michoel Lipskier brings a Sefer Torah, and the Rebbe joins the farbrengen by surprise afterwards.

The Rebbe says a surprise maamar, Mah tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, and the chassidim gather.

Singing Keil Adon to Shamil’s nigun. Don’t look, daven. An aliya during mincha.

Can you say Shema? What did you learn lately? How many kolois (shofar blasts) do we blow? Being mevarer your middos (refining one’s character traits) is important, even though it’s hard.

Kalt un shmutzig. Walking on the benches. It’s already after Elul and it’s still cold and dirty. A farbrengen in the dark. If you remember what happened last time, why do it again?