THE STORY
On which Yom Tov did the Rebbe suffer the heart attack?
Shemini Atzeres.
At which famous address was the Rebbe treated?
770 Eastern Parkway.
What is the Chassidishe gathering with Torah and inspiration that the Rebbe wanted to hold after Simchas Torah?
A farbrengen.
Besides teaching Torah, what personal messages did the Rebbe insist on continuing to answer?
People's personal letters.
What sweet food did the Rebbe distribute before Shemini Atzeres?
Honey cake (lekach).
In which Hebrew year did it happen?
5738 (תשל"ח), 1977.
Name the cardiologist who flew from Chicago to help treat the Rebbe.
Dr. Ira Weiss.
From which room did the Rebbe broadcast the farbrengen?
His office at 770.
What did the Rebbe continue doing with the written drafts of his Torah talks and discourses?
Editing them and adding scholarly notes.
With which brother-in-law did the Rebbe complete the last dance while holding a Sefer Torah?
Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary, the Rashag.
What happened on Rosh Chodesh Kislev that made it a day of celebration?
The Rebbe returned home after his recovery period at 770.
How did the medical team provide hospital-level care without moving the Rebbe to a hospital?
They equipped his office at 770 as a coronary care unit.
How could Chassidim far from New York hear the Rebbe's words?
Through a telephone hookup carrying the broadcast.
How did Rabbi Yoel Kahn's team first try to lighten the Rebbe's workload?
By making the transcriptions less complex and giving them fewer footnotes.
Which space agency loaned a remote monitoring system so doctors could monitor the Rebbe during a later farbrengen?
NASA.
How many days of recovery passed before the Rebbe returned to public life on Rosh Chodesh Kislev?
38 days.
What TWO things did Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka insist Dr. Weiss do before seeing the Rebbe when he arrived?
Make Kiddush and have something to eat.
Why did speaking after Yom Tov allow the Rebbe to reach people in distant places?
After Yom Tov, communication technology could be used to carry the talk to them.
Why did the team return to preparing the talks in their usual depth?
They saw that the depth and complexity of the Rebbe's talks had not diminished.
When blood was drawn with a syringe, what lesson did the Rebbe draw from the vacuum that pulls the blood in?
Even an apparently empty space can draw with strength and become a vessel for good and holiness.
Put these four events in order: the Rebbe returned home; the Rebbe distributed honey cake; the Rebbe broadcast a farbrengen from his office after Yom Tov; the Rebbe suffered the heart attack during hakafos.
Honey cake; heart attack during hakafos; broadcast farbrengen after Yom Tov; return home.
Complete the chain: Which secretary called Dr. Weiss, and which doctor did Dr. Weiss call to rush to the Rebbe while he traveled to New York?
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky called Dr. Ira Weiss; Dr. Weiss called Dr. Louis Teichholz.
The Chassidim were returning to their own communities. What TWO shared commitments did the Rebbe say would keep them spiritually united?
The daily portions of Torah study he encouraged, and participation in his mitzvah campaigns.
According to the doctors' report quoted in the article, what difference did they observe between the Rebbe editing Torah compilations and reading personal letters?
Editing the Torah compilations caused no change in his heartbeat; reading personal letters affected his heartbeat.
Explain how the Rebbe combined optimism with action. Give TWO examples from the story.
Any two: he found a way to teach through a broadcast while he couldn't join the gathering; he urged continued daily Torah study; he urged continued mitzvah campaigns. Trust and optimism led to action, not doing nothing.