Purim 5718

The Rebbe my father in-law on Purim once relayed: there

was once a Jew who wasn’t so intellectual at all, a simple

Jew which the harder words in Davening it was doubtful

that he understood them. None the less he would Daven

for many hours at a time, not just on Shabbas or Yom Tov,

Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, but every single day

during the week too. -It seemed from the Sicha- That he’d

Daven like this not just Shacharis but Mincha and Mairiv

as well, and he was a Chassid from the Alter Rebbe’s

times. People wondered how does it come to be that he

Davens for such lengthy hours. So he responded that he’s

not really sure but he once heard from his Rebbe -the

Alter Rebbe- “Zachar V’Shamor Bi’Dibur Echad” (Zachar

and Shamor in one statement) meaning to say  ...