[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no meat in Leningrad; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for two years, there\Nwere no Shochetim. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was nothing we could do; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we didn't eat any\Nmeat for two years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reb Mottel Lifschitz came to town Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to circumcise the newborn\Nson of a friend of mine, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were eating\Nat the same table. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Reb Mottel,\Nhave pity on my children; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they haven't seen\Nmeat in two years. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slaughter an ox, an animal\Nor a chicken -- something!" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Izzy,\NI can't slaughter here; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the authorities discover that I\Nshechted here without their permit, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will lose my permit to\Nslaughter in Moscow as well. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are young; you\Nshould study Shechita. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you need a teacher, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spend a month at my house, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll teach you to\Nslaughter chickens." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my mother heard\Nmy plans to travel away, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she found an old Chassid in the area\Nwho taught me the laws instead, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Reb Refoel Nimyotin\N Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accompanied me to\Nwatch every Shechita, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't have a Kabbalah,\Na Rabbinical approbation. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My teacher forbade me to approach\Nthe government appointed rabbis Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask for their Kabbalah. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for several months, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every time I shechted I needed\Nto drag along an old Shochet Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to watch and inspect my work. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be several times a week, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an uncomfortable drive\Nof several hours, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to slaughter the chicken\Nat some non-Jew's farm... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided that I would continue\Nshechting until Yom Kippur. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would shecht the Kapparos\Non Erev Yom Kippur, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I would wait for a visiting\NRabbi to give me a Kabbalah. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several Chassidim had\Nbeen sent by the Rebbe, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the government had\Ndiscovered their identities Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and had sent them\Nright back home. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Erev Yom Kippur\NI was shechting, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was approached by\NReb Avraham Medalia. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only knew that he was a\Nprofessor of mathematics. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came over to me and said, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I heard from Reb Refoel NImyotin\Nthat you need a Kabbalah. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am an ordained rabbi\Nbut I can't say so publicly; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I already spent\N17 years in prison. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me see you shecht, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll give you a Kabbalah." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did a shechitah\Nand he approved, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he said, "I won't\Nwrite the Kabbalah. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent enough time in prison; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if someone asks for\Nyour approbation, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let him call me, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll explain why\NI didn't put it in writing." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I at least had an\Naddress to send questioners. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next moment -- Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two minutes hadn't passed, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Izzy, Izzy";\Nthey called me back. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bochur had arrived from Moscow, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his name was Yehudah; they\Ncalled him Yehudah Hakatan. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I'm not\Nsure what this means; Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Rebbe said to\Ngive you a message: Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Take on the occupation of a Shochet.'" Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That same moment,\Non that Erev Yom Kippur... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw then how the Rebbe... Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three-four months later, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rabbi Dovber Levy came\Nto Russia a second time, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he tested me and\Nwrote a Kabbalah. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have my first Kabbalah from him;\Nlater I received from others. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't understand\Nthe Rebbe's words, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take on the occupation of a Shochet." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could barely shecht a chicken, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't a real Shochet. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few months later,\NI had a whole Yeshivah, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a large group of students\Nfrom all over the Soviet Union, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I taught them Shechitah. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a friend of mine left Russia, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he asked the Rebbe for a blessing\Nthat I receive an exit visa, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had been waiting\Nfor several years, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven or eight years, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably seven years, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Rebbe said, "I give him\Na blessing for everything he'll do." Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We literally saw how we accomplished\Nthings that were supernatural.