By COLlive reporter
Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin, Head Shliach of the State of Washington, shared the following story that happened after the building at 788 Eastern Parkway was purchased and connected with Lubavitch World Headquarters – 770 Eastern Parkway:
One evening in the year 5727, I stood alone outside 770. It wasn’t a Yechidus night (when people would meet with the Rebbe), and the Rebbe left his room to go home.
As the Rebbe was walking down the lower stairs, sirens were heard from the New York Fire Department. They drove from Albany Avenue and stopped at Kingston Avenue and Eastern Parkway. The firefighters went into 788.
The Rebbe stopped walking and said in Yiddish: “Loz mir tzugein zehn vos da is geshen” (Let me go over to see what happened). He then turned right and walked closer and remained standing there (where the Rebbe’s car would pull up).
I stood beside the Rebbe, and then after a few seconds, the Rebbe turned back towards 770 and exclaimed with emotion: “Men tzubrecht mine binyonim. Ver iz der achro’ei?!” (They’re breaking my buildings. Who is responsible?!)
The Rebbe returned toward the front door of 770 and remained standing there alone in the right corner of the entrance (without anyone from the secretariat etc. standing beside him).
The Rebbe waited for about half an hour until the last fire trucks left the area…
The Rebbe foresaw this event that just happened. WOW!!
Rebbe’s heart attack was shemini atzeret
did he see what was going to happen in 5784 shemini atzeret ?
What is the point of this question? Could the Rebbe have prevented it? Thats not something we can answer because
it is beyond us.
you are a groiseh magnet making up what the rebbe foresaw. you need help. No chassidish points for that stupid comment
Men in red [or blue in the current case] are not allowed to destroy our buildings.
This is the rebbe’s answer to the bochrim who claim they are doing the rebbe’s will, enlarging 770, by breaking the building. The rebbe saw the future
Just like the misnsgdim and chagas judged the Rebbe for the Tefillin campaign you judge these bachurim for following the Rebbes directives.
Chinuch is having an effect on the boys, and it’s sad to see they seem more mekusher the Rebbe than anash that were around before ג Tammuz.
770 wasn’t meant to be a museum, the Rebbe made it clear we are to expand it.
These boys are the future of Lubavitch, the old system is just scared to be irrelevant.
They destroyed the foundation, shut it down. It’s not safe anymore
perhaps their intentions were good but seriously? destroying foundations of a building or doing anything to a building they have no right to touch is an abomination . They should be deported. its time to take 770 back and make it the rebbes shul again . Not some terrorist run institution
nothing was destroyed. nothing is unsafe. FAKE
What old system is irrelevant? Our Torah will always be the same.
Those boys need to be inspired by a healthy Mashpia to understand
what the Rebbe wants and what it means to be mekusher. If they would be mekusher they would shudder at thought of breaking walls in the Rebbes shul because the Rebbe is here! Unfortunately, they don’t know what it means that the Rebbe is here. So make their own insane decisions!
Thanks for sharing. So many negative articles and posts – this is a breath of fresh air
Finding it difficult to follow the story and tie it to what’s happened here. Can someone in layman’s terms please help me read between the lines as it seems there’s a message from the story I’m just not picking up as it’s not very clear how something that happened decades ago is related to this unfortunate event. I understand taking offense for the construction undertaken without consent, but unless I’m missing something, these are unrelated events.