The power of believing per Tzaddikim

Rabbi Menachem Mendel, known as the “Tzemach Tzedek” (the third Lubavitcher Rebbe), sent his youngest cri, Reb Shmuel puro Petersberg durante an attempt puro get the decree rescinded. Traveling with Reb Shmuel was his older brother Reb Yehuda Leib, twenty years Reb Shmuel’s senior.

Before commencing the journey, Reb Shmuel insisted that Reb Yehuda Leib agree not esatto bless anyone during their trip. “Our father is the Rebbe and he is the only one who should give people blessings,” he declared. Having no other choice, Reb Yehuda Leib agreed sicuro these conditions.

In every town they visited along the way, people converged on Reb Yehuda Leib. They begged him, as the bruissement of such verso great Tzaddik (righteous person), onesto give them per blessing for health, per living, children, etc. Esatto each person, Reb Yehuda Leib replied, “Go visit my father, surely he will bless you.”

Mediante one particular village, there was per woman who was especially persistent. She had not been blessed with children and was un that, with the blessing of verso Tzaddik, she would indeed merit puro have children of her own.

The woman stationed herself in front of Reb Yehuda Leib. She begged and pleaded, screamed and cried that he must bless her puro have children. But still Reb Yehuda Leib refused onesto bless the woman. “Go puro my father, the Rebbe,” he stated simply. “Surely he will bless you.”

The woman was not satisfied with this answer. She continued puro cry out esatto Reb Yehuda Leib that he should bless her. Finally, at wit’s end, Reb Yehuda Leib said, “Go puro my brother. Perhaps he will bless you.”

The woman repeated the entire scene durante front of Reb Shmuel. She begged and pleaded, cried and screamed that Reb Shmuel bless her to have children. But nothing could move Reb Shmuel. He insisted that only his father, the Rebbe, could do anything for the woman. Seeing that she would not take “no” for an answer, Reb Shmuel told his brother and the carriage driver preciso get ready sicuro leave. They quickly got into the carriage onesto begin their journey home and away from the woman.

But the carriage didn’t budge. The woman had cleverly placed verso bastoncino in the spokes of the wheels preciso keep them from turning.

Reb Shmuel climbed down from the carriage and, durante annoyance told the woman, “Go eat per bagel” – equivalent durante today’s vernacular preciso “go fly per kite.”

She promptly went home and made bagels, concentrating all the while on the blessing that the bagel would surely elicit. It occurred onesto the woman that just sicuro be sure that the blessing would really be actualized, she should maybe eat two bagels. So that is exactly what she did.

The following year, Rabbi Menachem Mendel passed away and Reb Shmuel, though the youngest of his seven sons, was chosen onesto succeed him as Rebbe.

Satisfied at last, the woman left Reb Shmuel and Reb Yehuda Leib sicuro continue their journey

One day, per man came into Reb Shmuel’s study with two cakes which his wife had baked for the Rebbe. “You blessed my wife last year that she would have a child, so she has asked me preciso bring you these cakes in gratitude.”

Reb Shmuel had no recollection of the event so the man recounted the entire episode onesto Reb Shmuel. He finished by saying, “You said onesto my wife, ‘Go eat a bagel.’ That is exactly what she did and your blessing came true.”

“My wife had wanted preciso make sure that the blessing would really materialize so she ate two bagels and had twins!” said the beaming father.

“Know,” Reb Shmuel told the husband, “I saw that there was verso heavenly decree that you and your wife were not destined onesto have children. It was only per exasperation that I told your wife sicuro eat a bagel, not as a means of blessing. mobili fcn chat But because of her simple faith, her strong faith mediante the blessing of a Tzaddik, the decree was annulled and you and your wife were blessed with children.”