Monday, January 7, 2013

Oisgehorvete Chassidim


A chosid once came to the Tzamach Tzedek and asked for a brocho for his son; - that he shouldn’t forget anything that he learns or hears (in Lubavitch), and automatically he’ll become a chosid.
The Tzemach Tzedek retorted: “It’s already three generations that my grandfather (the Alter Rebbe), my shver (the Mitteler Rebbe) and I are working towards the end that Chassidim should be “oisgehorvete Chassidim” – Chassidim that result from toil and effort, rather than ‘b’derech memeila’diga Chassidim’” [“automatic Chassidim”]!
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