0276 - R' Eliyahu Kvint - Pay for Mezuzah

00:01 One of the secretaries in Merkaz that used to sit in the office was Rabbi Quint. He originally wasn't a Lubavitcher. He, Chahl, wasn't a Hasid. He was a Talmud Chacham. He wrote a sefer, Menucha Seliyoho, Menucha Seliyoho. His name was Eliyoho Quint. So when his wife passed away and her name was Menucha, he wrote a sefer and he called it Menucha Seliyoho. And he was one of the secretaries of Merkaz from the time of the Friedrich Rebbe, the early times of the Friedrich Rebbe. And when the Rebbe would want that his letters should be signed by the Maskir, because we know by the Friedrich Rebbe and by the Rebbe, some letters he signed himself and some letters it would say the Shem Kveit Kedusha, Satmar Shelitan, the name of the Rebbe, signed by the Maskir. So many, many times the signature that was there was Alef Quint. He used to sign the letters that the Rebbe would send in the name of the Rebbe, but he was one of the Maskirim there in Merkaz. Also, when the Bochum went to Merkaz Shlichas, we used to deal with him. He used to give us the money. He used to tell us what to do. Dealt with him. He told me once, when we're going to Merkaz Shlichas, we know we took along Svarim, we took along Mezuzas. So Beetzim, if people need a Mezuzah, you could give a Mezuzah for free. So he told me that the Friedrich Rebbe told him not to give a Mezuzah

01:15 for free. And he said why? Because if you give something for free, it's not important to the person. And he will not be Machshevet. He will not hold it. He even told me he himself saw they once gave somebody a Mezuzah in Merkaz. A guy came in and they gave him a Mezuzah to hold. And he watched through the window and he saw how the person walked out and threw the Mezuzah into the bushes. He says he could see clearly. Had he paid for it, whatever little bit he would have paid for it, he wouldn't have done it and he would have kept it. So he said Friedrich Rebbe told him not to give out Mezuzahs for free, but to charge a little bit, to charge very little. But if the person knows he paid for it, then it means something and it'll be Choshev for him. It's similar to what we know that the Friedrich Rebbe also said that for the talks and tales, you should charge a minimum amount, but charge so it'll be Choshev of the people. But this is something that we know about. I think it's written in a letter. But this he told me that the Friedrich Rebbe had told him.