The Makava Rebbe, Rabbi Shimon Lemberger Shlita, paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens during a visit to New York from his home in Kiryat Ata, Israel.
The Makava Rebbe is one of the few “Old School” Rebbes today. He told someone that the mesiras nefesh of a Lubavitcher is unparalleled, and it runs in our veins. It was said from a very practical viewpoint, that us Lubavitchers have generations of mesiras nefesh in us. (Even a bal teshuva that is sincere) Because we are hardwired with the oppression of a Russian Jew in us. The Russian Chasidim of old had to fight to be frum, whereas elsewhere they were not persecuted for their religious beliefs. His Rebbetzin calls herself a Lubavitcher, and I was zoche to bring her to the Ohel. It was an incredible experience.
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The Makava Rebbe is one of the few “Old School” Rebbes today. He told someone that the mesiras nefesh of a Lubavitcher is unparalleled, and it runs in our veins. It was said from a very practical viewpoint, that us Lubavitchers have generations of mesiras nefesh in us. (Even a bal teshuva that is sincere) Because we are hardwired with the oppression of a Russian Jew in us. The Russian Chasidim of old had to fight to be frum, whereas elsewhere they were not persecuted for their religious beliefs. His Rebbetzin calls herself a Lubavitcher, and I was zoche to bring her to the Ohel. It was an incredible experience.