A
couple from Brazil were once in yechidus by the Rebbe. The wife was saying that
she wanted to move away from Brazil, because she didn’t see good opportunities
for chinuch for her son (children?) there. The Rebbe, in response, shared with
them the following episode from his own youth:
‘When
I was a child (5 or 6?), my father was unhappy with the absence of an
environment of learning in Yeketrinislav, and felt that it was time to send me
away to one of the bigger out of town Yeshivos. My mother, however, wouldn’t
hear of it. ‘My son (and the Rebbe said his name) to send away?!’ And she
prevailed; - I remained learning in my home town all of the ensuing years.
‘And
you see’ the Rebbe concluded with a smile, ‘I didn’t turn out so bad’ (or he
said ‘I turned out OK’).
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