R. Yisroel Neveler told me that someone once came to the Tzemach Tzedek and said that he doesn’t believe.
“Rabbi Yishmael believes; Rabbi Akiva believes!” exclaimed the Tzemach Tzedek. “And you don’t believe?! Ay — that’s not possible!”
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Parshas VayeishevRabbi Akiva Believes — And You Don't?As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 382, no. 4 "They Who Wait for Hashem Shall Renew Their Strength"As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, p. 242, no. 70 "I See the Rebbe's Radiance Is Still in You"As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 341-342, no. 40 My zeide described the occasion when R. Chazkel Droyer came to Homil, and Reb Aizel spoke with him. “All in all, ” Reb Aizel said, “I shouldn’t even look at you; you were opposed to my Rebbe.23 Yet I see that the Rebbe’s radiance is still with you. Stay here, you have a room. ” He stayed a few weeks and people came to hear Chassidus from him. His downfall was mashkeh; he drank heavily and words flowed freely. Yet they learned from him how to listen to Chassidus.
“If a Pile of Earth Doesn't Obstruct, Will a Thin Door?”As I Heard Them, Vol. 1, pp. 149-150, no. 22 They told the story in Lubavitch of the time when the Rebbe came to the ohel. There was a shul there, and a small door opened from the shul into the ohel. One of the ohel’s four walls was the shul’s wall and it had no roof. On that occasion the door was locked and the shamash, unnerved, came running with the key. “If a pile of earth doesn’t obstruct [their presence], ” the Rebbe asked him, “will such a thin door?” |