10 Shvat 5719
from Maaseh Rav
10 Shvat 5719 Among the memoirs of the Rebbe my father-in-law the Ba’al Hahilula there is a whole booklet about his grandfather, a large part of the booklet also discusses his grandmother which her Yartzait is also on the tenth of Shvat. Among the stories there is a short story which has been printed already. He relates that when she was 18 years old she was very not well the Tzemach Tzedek -meaning her father in-law- called her into his office to ask her what the doctor had said she answered him he said being that she is so weak she should eat as soon as she wakes up in the morning. The Tzemach Tzedek asked “so what do you do?” She answered “so I wake up very early in order to Daven the whole davening for I do not want to eat before davening.” Which means that she would sleep however much time shorter then usual in order to keep to the doctors orders to eat very early however it didn’t work too well for she hadn’t slept properly. So the Temach Tzedek told here that regarding mitzvos it is stated in the torah “V’Chai Bahem” and he explained it the way the Magid had explained it -as I mentioned in the Ma’amer.- “Which means we have to give the mitzvos live meaning in order to do the mitzvos whatever it takes we have to make sure it’s alive and well. Therefore we need to be healthy and strong so “RATHER EAT IN ORDER TO DAVEN THAN DAVEN IN ORDER TO EAT!” (Maaseh Rav Tape #3 Side 2 the eighth Sicha)
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