Tapping in to Bais Chayanu (770) at Home
By Rabbi Raichik
On many occasions the Rebbe emphasized and explained the importance of 770. It is the place were the Previous Rebbe learned and davened while living his life in this world. The same holds true of the holiness of the Rebbe's room where he spent over 50 years learning davening and doing myriads of activities on behalf of the klal.
The Previous Rebbe said that once as a young child (about 5 or 6 years old) he was in the room of his grandfather the Rebbe Maharash after his histalkus. Suddenly his father the Rebbe Rashab not noticing him entered the room wearing a hat and gartel. With his lips moving and tears falling he took out a kvitel and began reading it, just as it was during yechidus. The Previous Rebbe speaks about this in the first maamar of his nesius. He said that when a tzadik leaves there is a kedusha that still remains in his room that effects the room. He then told the story mentioned above.
Whenever we enter 770 anwhenever we enter the Rebbe's room its best to know this, that the place of the Rebbe has kedusha, and that the kedusha continues to effect. Do we feel it?
There is a story about the Rebbe Rashab and Hershel Gurary. Hershel Gurary was always helping the Rebbe. He merited to by buried right next to him. Once, someone brought three objects, a gartel, a besomim box and one other thing to Hershel Gurary after the war. He claimed that they were authentic holy objects that were the possessions of the Rashal, the Rama and one other great tzadik. Hershel Gurary was thinking that it would be worthwhile to acquire them but he wasn't sure if they were authentic. He brought them into the Rebbe's room, explained his consideration and placed them on the table in front of him. The Rebbe picked up the first one then put it back down. He then wiped his forehead, then picked it up once more and put it back down. He did the same for the second object. He then picked up the third object only once and commented that it was a precious object. Hershel Gurary then asked the Rebbe why he treated the first two objects differently than the third. The Rebbe explained that that when a tzaddik uses an object a mark is left on it that is possible to be felt. I didn't feel any holiness in the first two objects and i thought that perhaps it was because i had a block that made me insensitive to the kedesha in the object. I put it down and wiped my forehead and was "meharher b'tshuva-had thoughts of teshuva". I then picked it up again and still didn't feel kedusha in the object and realized that it was not because of me. As soon as i picked up the third object though, it's kedusha was immediately felt. This is true of the Rebbe Rashab who was able to feel, but for us, we don't always feel even though the kedusha is real and present.
The Rebbe has x-ray vision and can see what is behind things and feel. Once the Prevous Rebbe was with the Rebbe Rashab in Paris. The Rebbe Rashab stopped somewhere in the middle of the street and said that he felt that perhaps someone once davened mincha at this spot. On a second occasion when they passed the same spot again he said that he was certain that someone had davened mincha at this spot.
The Previous Rebbe's chair and his place at the table was set at the Pesach Seder in 770 upstairs after the histalkus. The Rebbe would sit by his side. During tthe first year after the histalkus the Rebbe would answer many who would make requests that he went to the Rebbe's room and read their pidyon, just as before the histalkus during yechidus (aside from the Ohel).
This is why every object that we have from the Rebbe is very special, be it a Tanya, a dollar or a letter, the kedusha did not leave. During the first 12 days of Nissan we do not say tachanun because we are commemorating the special offerings the Nesiim brought for the dedication of the Mishkon. The Mishkon is Hashem's special hub in this world where his kedusha is felt. From there it spreads throughout the entire world. We have, in each of our homes a small Mikdash as well. Whatever we do in our homes, what we say, how we act, the food we eat and the table that we eat upon, all of it is a Mikdash. The kedusha remains, it is not diminished and can be felt. It effects us wherever we are. We receive the power and ability to do this from the Nasi. Through our avoda in our domain we make the entire world a dwelling place for Hashem, and all of this will be fully revealed with the Geula Amitis v'Hashleima.
Moshiach Now!