A magnificent audio collection, which will enable new access to dozens of Farbrengens, Sichos and Yechidusen of the Rebbe was recently donated to JEM (Jewish Educational Media.
The recordings, made by Rabbi Yossi Goldstein and his son Aaron, span the years 1951 through 1977.
The two collections are exceptional in both quality and quantity, filling gaps of missing audio in other collections, JEM’s Living Archive Preservation Project said in a statement.
“After extensive checks, there is no doubt that the material is also far superior in sharpness to the audio currently in circulation,” they said.
This set comes in addition to the tens of Farbrengens which were recorded by Rabbi Sholom Yisroel Hodakov, which are currently being restored for distribution to the public.
The first priority of The Living Archive Preservation Project’s curators is to preserve and restore the archival materials using the best methods available.
The audio files will be used to replace any less-than-perfect audio recordings on upcoming Living Torah and Farbrengen videos. Eventually , an entirely new set of Sichos Kodesh audio will emerge from these and other materials gathered by JEM over the past several years.
The technical challenges with this particular collection are quite unique in that the recordings were done using a four track system on a quarter-inch tape.
A world-renowned expert – who lives in Brooklyn – will be overseeing the transfer project. Since the arrival of the collections, previously-unheard clips were already given to Vaad Hanochos B’Lahak and have enabled them to prepare new transcripts of the Rebbe’s Sichos based on these recordings.
Dedications are available for the entire audio preservation project, the new Sichos Kodesh set, and numerous upcoming audio releases.
The original recording required sweat, toil and money.
According to Rabbi Aaron Goldstein, the donation of the collection, which was completed on Gimmel Tammuz of this year, “culminates years of hard work, meticulous record-keeping, and protecting the original recordings. We’ve found the proper home for them, and generations of Jews will enjoy this recorded legacy. My father and I couldn’t be more pleased with thezchus of making these recordings – and now, with sharing them.”
Rabbi Aharon Goldstein has made many more than ten of baali teshuvah, and I am one of the many. As a physician I have been to many cities and in most I meet at least someone who has been touched by the Goldstein family. He gave me a blessing with a sweet laugh exactly 16 years ago, that one day the hair in back of my head (pony tail) should be on the front of my face (beard). Within two years that was the case. I have 4 children B”H and all are in Morristown Yeshivah learning. Every day I… Read more »
A heartziker Yasher Koach to Reb (“Uncle”) Yosef Goldstein and Reb Aharon Goldstein for sharing your priceless collection of recordings of the Rebbe with us. May you & your families be enscribed to a Shono Tovah Umesuka and merit to witness first hand (and record) the hisgalus of Moshiach – teikaf umiyad mamosh. We look forward to their release via JEM, who we are all most grateful to, for their tremendous shlichus and zechus of bringing the Rebbe in to the homes and Shuls of so many, in numerous countries & cities around the globe.
We also appreciate all that Zalmen G. has contributed to the Chabad community. WE WANT MORE!
B. Klein told me that Yossel Goldstein has the most incredable collection of audio tapes & films of The Rebbe. He himself would come from time to time to view them. He said inspite of lots of pressure from Anash, Reb Yossel was determined to do what he felt was the right thing. Recently Reb SM Simpson declared that thanks to Reb Yossel G. we have today so much more of what The Rebbe said, and what to LIVE with.
In appreciation
You will all be blessed boze u’bebo for this. Bonei, chayei, u’mezoyno revicho.
B’shem kol k’hal Anash v’Hatmimim.
People quickly forgot the abuse the Goldstein’s took for recording the Rebbe. I rememeber. I was there! They would say GOLDSHTEIN IS DU NOCHAMOL!! They were HATED. Ask Yosef Goldstien (tha father) how Zalman (“Jimmy”) Gourarie would chase him out of farbrangens when he would come with his reel-to-reel! Or about the letters from R’ Simpson to stop all his recordings CH”V! Imagined they would have listened how many farbrengen and more would be lost to us. They had the vision and took MANY BEATINGS to see it though. It’s importnant the world knows about this aspect! Even filiming was… Read more »
A very good and talented family. I grew up with many of the brothers.
I belive there are 10 children all told: Aharon the oldest and Zalman (Chabasd classics; Jewish Learning Group/Companions) the youngest.
They are fun, commited, earnest, and a great assets to Lubavitch.
…and still producing fruit after all these years!
There’s even shiurim of R’ Shmuel levitin on Tanya. R’ Yossi zol gezunt zein poshut recorded kol hanaaseh B’Beis Chayenu!
Ay, May we be zoche shoyn zehn zich mitn Rebbin!
rabbi aron goldtsein is of the finest Jews I know. A devoted shliach for decades, he and his wife made tens of balei teshuva with no fan fare at all. true role models.
What a Zechus!! Thanks!
the goldsteins have contributed so much to the lubavitch community in the last 65 years! they are to be applauded for their major contribution and generousity!
good people
good people
\b”h