Tiring, but Fascinating Day II in Miami
24 March 2011
Today started at the home of Reb Fishel Katz. The interview started at 10 am and was supposed to go until 3pm. It was an unbelievable interview! He didn’t stop talking! By hashgacha protis, our next interviewee, Dr. Lazarsen called to say that he needed to postpone the interview and BH, we got to stay at the Katz’s for another 2 hours.
Reb Fishel Katz retelling his many horaos he got from the Rebbe on his trips to the Far East and Africa.
As a young man, the Rebbe encouraged Reb Fishel to go into business and after some years, he opened up his own business in the gem industry. He used to travel to the Far East and Africa and got many, many fascinating direct horaos from the Rebbe.
One particular time, the Rebbe told him to look out for the Chong Jews of the Far East. The Rebbe told him to translate two Jewish books into Chinese, which he did translating My Prayer and The Ten Commandments (a small booklet).
He also did business in Africa and he told the Rebbe that he wanted to print Tanyas in Africa. The Rebbe liked the idea and told him to take the actual printing plates with him. Thinking that he could just take the negatives and make plates in Africa, he was met with great technical issues and that’s when he realized what the Rebbe was saying…Needless to say, the next time, he schlepped the actual plates with him to print the Tanyas.
Afterward, we went off to the home of Dr. Lazarsen in North Miami Beach. We started the interview at 6pm and had to stop in the middle for supper. We continued afterward for another few hours!
Yankee Teitelbaum, our cameraman in Florida, taking a break during an interview.
About eight months before Dr. Lazarsen and Mrs. Lazarsen (nee Wolner) got engaged, Mrs. Lazarsen wrote a letter to the Rebbe telling the Rebbe that her father had MS. The Rebbe replied in a letter that he should check his Mezuzos and Tefilin. Her father didn’t have Tefillin, so they bought him a pair.
Before Dr. Lazarsen’s wedding, he and his future wife went into yechidus with his father in law. The Rebbe quickly gave brochos to the bride and groom and then turned to Dr. Lazarsen’s father-in-law saying “Mr. Wolner, I received your letter, did you get my reply letter?”
Mr. Wolner replied “Yes. I put on Tefillin every day”.
Then they started talking about his condition for about ten minutes. Dr. Lazarsen described how taken back he was listening to the conversation. They sounded like doctors talking about the condition! Mr. Wolner would describe a symptom, and the Rebbe would comment. Sometimes the Rebbe would say “Oh that could be attributed to this, and this could be attributed to that.”
Dr. Lazarsen telling us about his fascinating yechidus with the Rebbe.
Three times throughout the discussion, the Rebbe said “I don’t think you have MS”.
A few years after that yechidus, Mr. Wolner took a test, and lo and behold, he didn’t have MS! The doctors gave him five to six years to live and the Rebbe blessed him “tens of years of putting on teffilin!” He lived for another 16 yrs.
Good Night.
Notice the boom mic hovering over the interviewee's head. We usually have two mics, one on the lapel and one boom, to make sure we get the best possible audio.
Wide shot of interview with all three components: the interviewer, interviewee and the cameraman.
Today started at the home of Reb Fishel Katz. The interview started at 10 am and was supposed to go until 3pm. It was an unbelievable interview! He didn’t stop talking! By hashgacha protis, our next interviewee, Dr. Lazarsen called to say that he needed to postpone the interview and BH, we got to stay at the Katz’s for another 2 hours.
Reb Fishel Katz retelling his many horaos he got from the Rebbe on his trips to the Far East and Africa.
As a young man, the Rebbe encouraged Reb Fishel to go into business and after some years, he opened up his own business in the gem industry. He used to travel to the Far East and Africa and got many, many fascinating direct horaos from the Rebbe.
One particular time, the Rebbe told him to look out for the Chong Jews of the Far East. The Rebbe told him to translate two Jewish books into Chinese, which he did translating My Prayer and The Ten Commandments (a small booklet).
He also did business in Africa and he told the Rebbe that he wanted to print Tanyas in Africa. The Rebbe liked the idea and told him to take the actual printing plates with him. Thinking that he could just take the negatives and make plates in Africa, he was met with great technical issues and that’s when he realized what the Rebbe was saying…Needless to say, the next time, he schlepped the actual plates with him to print the Tanyas.
Afterward, we went off to the home of Dr. Lazarsen in North Miami Beach. We started the interview at 6pm and had to stop in the middle for supper. We continued afterward for another few hours!
Yankee Teitelbaum, our cameraman in Florida, taking a break during an interview.
About eight months before Dr. Lazarsen and Mrs. Lazarsen (nee Wolner) got engaged, Mrs. Lazarsen wrote a letter to the Rebbe telling the Rebbe that her father had MS. The Rebbe replied in a letter that he should check his Mezuzos and Tefilin. Her father didn’t have Tefillin, so they bought him a pair.
Before Dr. Lazarsen’s wedding, he and his future wife went into yechidus with his father in law. The Rebbe quickly gave brochos to the bride and groom and then turned to Dr. Lazarsen’s father-in-law saying “Mr. Wolner, I received your letter, did you get my reply letter?”
Mr. Wolner replied “Yes. I put on Tefillin every day”.
Then they started talking about his condition for about ten minutes. Dr. Lazarsen described how taken back he was listening to the conversation. They sounded like doctors talking about the condition! Mr. Wolner would describe a symptom, and the Rebbe would comment. Sometimes the Rebbe would say “Oh that could be attributed to this, and this could be attributed to that.”
Dr. Lazarsen telling us about his fascinating yechidus with the Rebbe.
Three times throughout the discussion, the Rebbe said “I don’t think you have MS”.
A few years after that yechidus, Mr. Wolner took a test, and lo and behold, he didn’t have MS! The doctors gave him five to six years to live and the Rebbe blessed him “tens of years of putting on teffilin!” He lived for another 16 yrs.
Good Night.
Notice the boom mic hovering over the interviewee's head. We usually have two mics, one on the lapel and one boom, to make sure we get the best possible audio.
Wide shot of interview with all three components: the interviewer, interviewee and the cameraman.
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