Purim 5718
from Maaseh Rav
Purim 5718 The Rebbe my father in-law on Purim once relayed: there was once a Jew who wasn’t so intellectual at all, a simple Jew which the harder words in Davening it was doubtful that he understood them. None the less he would Daven for many hours at a time, not just on Shabbas or Yom Tov, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, but every single day during the week too. -It seemed from the Sicha- That he’d Daven like this not just Shacharis but Mincha and Mairiv as well, and he was a Chassid from the Alter Rebbe’s times. People wondered how does it come to be that he Davens for such lengthy hours. So he responded that he’s not really sure but he once heard from his Rebbe -the Alter Rebbe- “Zachar V’Shamor Bi’Dibur Echad” (Zachar and Shamor in one statement) meaning to say you should remember and guard that every speech and in general everything has its Echad. With this in mind he Davened like that every day Sunday Monday Tuesday etc. for forty years. On this story Chassidim say that a Saying by Chassidim is not taken lightly. (Maaseh Rav Tape #3 Side 1 the fifth Sicha)
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