When the Alter Rebbe heard an infant crying in the Mitteler Rebbe’s room, he came inside — where the Mitteler Rebbe sat without hearing the cries — and asked, “Why don’t you learn from me? In the deepest meditation, I can still hear a fly’s wings beating against the wall. ”
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Parshas Vayakhel–Pekudei"I Hear a Fly's Wings"As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 39, no. 15 The Kiddush When the Rebbe Came HomeAs I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 473-474, no. 16 Continued from the biography of R. Yisroel Duchman: It was that type of intimate attachment to the Rebbe that motivated R. Yisroel to spontaneously throw a huge Kiddush in 770 on the night following Rosh Chodesh Kislev when the Rebbe first went home after his heart attack in 5738. R. Yisroel was simply overwhelmingly happy and he wanted others to share in his happiness. His connection to Rebbe expressed itself in a love for 770. Whenever he was in town, he would visit 770 every day, and after a long day of work, he would go to 770 before going home. The Frierdiker Rebbe's Instructions for the RefugeesAs I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 443-445, no. 45 Continued from the biography of R. Zalman Duchman: R. Zalman was also encouraged by the Frierdiker Rebbe to care for his fellow refugees, physically and spiritually. On 15 Av 5709 (1949), the Frierdiker Rebbe penned him a letter with instructions to inform him of any address changes so that his letters would reach the chassidim, to ensure that all children had chadorim to attend, and if necessary, to give them the opportunity to learn a trade to help ease their families’ financial burdens. "I Receive From Them" — Yud-Tes Kislev in LeningradAs I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 243-244, no. 73 One Yud-Tes Kislev in Leningrad the Rebbe said in the middle of a farbrengen, “I want the Yidden that my grandfather and great -grandfather looked upon to sit near me. I receive from them. ” He Would Run There on FootAs I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 334, no. 28 When the possibility became known that the Rebbe Rashab might come to Podobranka for Rosh Hashanah, 5677 (1916), my zeide said he would run there on foot to see him. Reb Aizel Lit the Shabbos Candles HimselfAs I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 292, no. 17 On erev Shabbos Reb Aizel would personally light candles in his room. |