Davening with the shtender

The Alter Rebbe once approached the Mitteler Rebbe after davening and asked him: “With what did you daven today?” The Mitteler Rebbe responded “With the idea of “Vechol Komah lefonecho tishtachave” thatkoma refers to ‘komah of AK’ – machshava hakedumah de’AK”.

[Once when the Rebbe told over the story, he was telling about how the Frierdige Rebbe related this story to a mekurav. The Rebbe paused and explained: the mekurav would not have been able to comprehend the terms ‘komah of AK’ – machshava hakedumah de’AK”, and the FR therefore used simpler terms when relating it to him].

The Mitteler Rebbe then asked the Alter Rebbe: “And with what did you daven today?” To which the Alter Rebbe responded “With the shtender!”, meaning that he davened by contemplating on the fact that even the shtender is being constantly renewed and recreated by the dvar Hashem.