Lubavitch News Service
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky at the Ohel prior to the Conference
A Chasidic quip attributed to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi says, “Your neighbor’s material wellbeing is the stuff of your spiritual wellbeing.”
This idea, delivered with the familiar punch of Chabad aphoristic teachings, was directed at devout disciples of the founding father of Chabad Chasidism. Men of practiced self-denial, they lived spartan lives in pursuit of holiness. But in establishing some of the foundational values of Chabad, their teacher, Rabbi Schneur Zalman, eschewed any aspirations to the ethereal that might preclude involvement in the corporeal as it pertains to others.
Shluchim Conference: A Time for Taking Stock
Lubavitch News Service
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky at the Ohel prior to the Conference
A Chasidic quip attributed to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi says, “Your neighbor’s material wellbeing is the stuff of your spiritual wellbeing.”
This idea, delivered with the familiar punch of Chabad aphoristic teachings, was directed at devout disciples of the founding father of Chabad Chasidism. Men of practiced self-denial, they lived spartan lives in pursuit of holiness. But in establishing some of the foundational values of Chabad, their teacher, Rabbi Schneur Zalman, eschewed any aspirations to the ethereal that might preclude involvement in the corporeal as it pertains to others.
