0173 - R' Abba Pliskin Say Stories of Chassidim more than Rabbeim

00:01 Rababa Pliskin was a very ichédisherit. He actually was a close chaver to the Mendel Futefas, and he lived in Australia. And then he moved from Australia to New York. So I once heard him by Fabringen say over that when he came from Australia to New York and he went into Yechidas, the Rebbe told him that he should fabring from time to time with the Bochrim. And I don't know if he asked himself, the Rebbe, what he should talk about, or the Rebbe himself told it to him, but the Rebbe said to him that he should tell stories mainly of Hasidim more than of the Rabbeim. And the Rebbe explained why. Because if you tell over a Hanhogi of one of the Rabbeim, then it doesn't make such an impression, it doesn't make such an impact, because the people think to themselves, "Avada, a Rebbe could do that. Can I expect it from me?" So it doesn't really make an impression that it brings out what you have to do. But if you tell over a Hanhogi of a Hasid, showing it, "Aveda of a Hasid," then the Hasid is only a Hasid. So then it makes an impact that the person thinks, "Well, if that Hasid could do it, I could also do it. And if it's expected of him, it's also expected of me." So therefore, he told him that he should tell over mainly stories of Hasidim more than of the Rabbeim. And that's actually what he did, that he used to tell

01:16 over stories from Hasidim.