0722 - Our Generation We Listen Without Question - R' Shmuel Levitin - R' Chaim Meir Lis

00:01 It is known that as much as the Chassidim from our times are not at all on the same level as the Chassidim of the previous generations, nevertheless, there are certain things that the Chassidim of our times of Deida Shvi were stronger than the generations before. And many of the older Chassidim that were there by the previous Rebbeim and were by the Rebbe, they agreed that there is something here that wasn't there before. The Ibergige Gemkei, the listening to what the Rebbe said without questioning, was more in Deida Shvi in our, our generation than the previous generations. For instance, the Pshmule of Iton once said that once by Fabregen of the Friediker Rebbe, the Friediker Rebbe told him something to do, I don't know, to do or something, and he asked the Friediker Rebbe, "Is the Friediker Rebbe saying it in the form of Yechidas, or is it just Fabregen?" I don't know what the outcome was, what the difference was, but it seemed like to him it was a difference, even though it was the Rebbe's words. But if it's said by Fabregen as a Fabregen, it's one thing. If it's said of Yechidas, that's a different Madrege. But lat-- our generation, we looked at things differently. Everything that the Rebbe said is the same. We know there is idea of Yechidas and Fabregen and different Madreges, but as far as accepting what the Rebbe said is without a question. And similar, you know that the father of my mother-in-law, who was Reb Chaim Eliss,

01:28 he was from the big Chassidim by the Rebbe Rashab, by the Friediker Rebbe, is one of the Mashpiyim in Natvotsk, et cetera, et cetera. So he told over, I heard it from my mother-in-law, that once Friediker-- the Rebbe Rashab told him, offered him a Shidduch with somebody. And he asked the Rebbe, "Are you saying it Betur Shadchan or Betur Rebbe? Are you saying it as a Rebbe? Are you telling me that this is my Shidduch, or are you telling me as a Shadchan?" So the Rebbe Rashab said, "I'm telling it as a Shadchan." So he said, "In that case, I have an opinion. I, I don't want the Shidduch." The Rebbe Rashab said to him, "Nu, Eibazei Seshem Bleiben by the Peile Sheyiv." So you'll remain by the Peile Sheyiv. So he married his cousin, who was a Peile Cher, but he was able to tell the Rebbe he felt that if it's a Shadchan, it's a different thing. The Rebbe told him, "Betur Shadchan," which is one of those things that in our generation, no one would ever dare say that to the Rebbe, thinking that there's a difference if he's a Shadchan or not. If it's something that the Rebbe says, it has the same level of Kedusha and that you have to listen no matter what.