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Parshas Chukas

"Believe Me, I Didn't Know"

As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 152, no. 25

In Lubav­itch they tell the story of a Yid who asked the Rebbe’s ad­vice whether his son should travel to Amer­ica. The Rebbe did not ap­prove. The son nev­er­the­less set out on the trip and drowned trag­i­cally, may G-d spare us. The fa­ther came to Lubav­itch for yechidus and asked, “Rebbe, why didn’t you tell me?! I wouldn’t have let him travel. ”

The Rebbe’s coun­te­nance changed. “Be­lieve me, ” he said, “I didn’t know. But when we give ad­vice, it should be fol­lowed. ”

af­ter the Rebbe Rashab's pass­ing, and it was said that the Rebbe took him into his abode in Gan Eden.

Kabbolas OlEmesHumility

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"Not to Be Rescued — To Be Burned"

As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 32, no. 5

Reb Aizel said at a far­bren­gen:

“If the Rebbe or­dered us to walk through fire we would do so. Do you think my in­ten­tion is that we’d merit a mirac­u­lous res­cue?! — No! To be burned!”

Kabbolas OlMesiras NefeshBittul

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What One Wants, One Must Not Do

As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 96-97, no. 33

I heard from R. Nochum of Radomishl:

Once in the days of the Tzemach Tzedek, one of the Rebbe’s lit­tle grand­sons was hold­ing an ap­ple and cry­ing. “Why are you cry­ing?” the chas­sidim asked.

“I want an ap­ple!” he an­swered.

“You can eat that one, ” they told him.

“My zeide has said, ” replied the child, “that what one wants, he must n o t d o.”

Kabbolas OlTemimus (sincerity)Bittul

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You Are Not on Your Own

As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 240-241, no. 67

A young man told me he had been think­ing: To trans­form one­self as Chas­sidus de­mands is ex­tremely dif­fi­cult, so it fol­lows that, how­ever you are — that’s what you are. And then, at the far­bren­gen, the Rebbe said, “You are not on your own. Your fa­ther stud­ied — then you must study; your zeide was a chos­sid — you must be a chos­sid. ”

HiskashrusKabbolas OlPerseverance

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Open the Tanya and Say, "Rebbe, Help Me"

As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 166, no. 49

When R. Yosef Lip­schitz of Kar­iokovka was be­ing treated by Dr. Brook, the eye doc­tor in the hos­pi­tal in Homil, I went with my zeide to visit him. R. Yosef re­counted what he had heard from the Rebbe: “When some­thing hap­pens to a Yid, ev­ery Yid has the power to open up the Tanya and say, ‘Rebbe, help me!’”

(This seems to be where the cus­tom of plac­ing a pidyon in­side the Tanya came from.)

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