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The reason being that when the Rebbe has a will , there is no doubt that the desired outcome will be fulfilled ! To illustrate this point the Rebbe then related a story about two
Chassidim of the Alter Rebbe :
“ One Chasid would always immediately do what the Rebbe told him , and only afterwards would he try to understand the reason behind it .
The second Chasid would first try to understand the reason , and then only afterwards would he do it .
“ Once , the Alter Rebbe sent a Shliach to them to collect money for Eretz Yisroel . The first one gave right away . The second Chasid waited until he traveled to the Alter Rebbe . Even then he waited before giving Tzedaka to see if he could discuss with the Alter Rebbe details regarding the request . But one can ’ t go into the Rebbe right away . First one needs to go to the Mikveh and then one can have a
Yechidus if the Rebbe is available , etc . “ The end of the story was that the one who gave the Tzedaka right away , became very rich . The second Chasid was just barely able to make ends meet .”
“ The same applies today ,” said the Rebbe . “ The Chasid is ready to do what he ’ s told . But , first he has to ask his Kallah . Then his Michutanim . Then he ’ ll go to the Mikvah . Then he ’ ll wait for three days until Rabbi Chadokov gets him an appointment with the Rebbe . Really the Chasid shouldn ’ t worry and contemplate . He should do it right away and then all the problems will solve themselves .”
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