How Reb Shlomo Carlebach Turned Humiliation Into a Niggun

Reb lived like this. People cursed at him, spat at him. Mamash, they did. And only when he saw they did it to someone else, then he would say something. But on himself, he never did. Mamash, high machine, high machine spat at him and cursed him. They one time didn't even let him get close to the cotel. Tisha B'Av. They Amshinov Rebbi, the previous Rebbe, Segel HaLevi, Reb Meir, heard about this. And a few hours later, they see the Amshinov Rebbe is coming out of the taxi. And Reb was coming out of the taxi with him. He went up to the cotel and the Rebbe said to him, "Nu, now's a good time for a new niggun, you know?" And he wrote that beautiful niggun Elokai because the truth is when you are able to bring down karov at a moment that seems totally rachok, all sha'arei shamayim open [music] instantly. That that that is true. But that's a very very high level. [music] When someone insults you, when someone's mevazeh you, and to then do that pashut. [music] And I don't want to set people up for for disappointment. I want to work on a level that we could do something with it. Let's finish this paragraph.