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My Encounter with the Rebbe
By
Zalmon Jaffe
Personal Journals of Zalmon Jaffe's Visits to the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Introductary Remarks
Editor’s Preface
Introduction
Early Encounters 5712-5718 (1951-1958)
A Letter from the Rebbe
Lubavitch Origins
Establishing The Connection
Direct Correspondence with the Rebbe
The Next Step
First Visit 5719 (1959)
The start of our adventures
770
Shabbos with the Rebbe
First Farbrengen
First Yechidus
Yud Shevat Farbrengen
Crown Heights Hospitality
Second Yechidus
Homeward Bound
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Second Visit 5720 (1960)
Our Second Visit to America
Third Yechidus
A Crown Heights Shabbos
Yud Tes Kislev
Holiday Interruption
Fourth Yechidus
First Charter Flight 5720 (1960)
(Un)Easy Preparations
Our Own Flight
Last-Minute Setbacks
The Big Day
I forget about myself
Airborne
Arrival at 770
A Royal Welcome - 3:30 A.M.
Events and Daily Routine
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Second Charter Flight 5721 (1961)
Arranging Our Flight
Quick in-and-out
Second Charter Flight
Quiet Arrival to 770
The Rebbe Promotes a Shidduch
Shabbos Tammuz 12
Lamplighters
Grand Send Off
Wedding Preparations
Third Charter Flight 5723 (1963)
Visits of Choson and Kalla
Wedding Preparations and Flight
The Rebbe Will Officiate
Inviting the Rebbetzin
Visit to the Rebbe’s Mother
The Wedding
Sheva Brochos on High
The Year 5724 (1963-1964)
Shavous with the Rebbe
Avrohom’s Progress
The Importance of Tzedakah
Shavuos 5728 (1968)
Immediate Yechidus
Royal Dining
This Years Meals
Yechidus
Shabbos Nosso Farbrengen
Formally Demanding a Farbrengen
Listening to the Rebbe
The Year 5729 (1968-1969)
Shavuos 5729
Meals with the Rebbe
Good Yom Tov
Kinus HaTorah
Yechidus
We want a Farbrengen
770 Life
Visiting the Rebbetzin
Second Yechidus
Shavuos 5730 (1970)
Yechidus On Arrival
Preparations for Yom Tov
Women’s Convention
Mikvah News
The Rebbetzin
Shabbos Bamidbar Farbrengen
Dining and Singing
Shabbos Nosso Farbrengen
In the Rebbe’s Presence
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The Year of 5731 (1970-1971)
Eretz Yisroel
Shavuos 5731
Journeying to the Rebbe
A Belzer Mincha
Diary is a Hit
Shabbos Bamidbar
Singing in the Shul
Yechidus
Shabbos Nosso Farbrengen
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The Year of 5732 (1971-1972)
Winter 5732
Rebbe’s Seventieth Birthday
Our Arrival
Excitement Buildup
Thank You For Coming
Who Needs Hotels?
Shabbos Hagodol a Yom Tov?
Tanya Presentation
The Rebbe’s 70th Birthday
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Shavuos 5732 (1972)
Arrival to CommUnion Street
Surprise Farbrengen
Shavuos
First Day of Shavuos
Second day of Shavuos
Kos Shel Brocha
Kinus Hatorah
Visiting the Rebbetzin
770 Life
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Chassidism
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Schneerson
A Legacy of Sacrifice and Love
The Revolutionaries
The Man Who Mocked The KGB
My Encounter with the Rebbe
Mr. Manchester
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Zalmon Jaffe's lively personal journals turn back the clock to the Rebbe's early years of leadership when a farbrengen was attended by a modest crowd of 300, and a personal yechidut could last over two hours.
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