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Book Title Once Upon A Chasid
By Yanki Tauber
Published and copyrighted by Kehot Publication Society
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A Chassid's Perspective

I dared to speak to my Lord, and I am but dust and ashes… (23:4)

One of the chassidim of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Reb Shmuel Munkes or Reb Eisel of Homil) once remarked: "Before I became a chassid, I used to think that G-d must have a really tough heart. Every year at slichos1He hears such heart-rending pleas and nevertheless…

"When I became a chassid and realized what's going on and where we're at, I thought: How benevolent G-d is that when we dare to approach Him He doesn't strike us on the mouth…"

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FOOTNOTES
1. The early morning prayers of the week preceding the high holidays. The slichos are among the most emotionally charged prayers of the year, when Jews gather in the synagogue in the wee hours of the morning to offer their heartfelt pleas for a year of life, health, and sustenance.

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Once Upon A Chasid
  There is no better way to convey the unique and often subtle "chassidic dimension" to the wisdom of Torah than to tell a story. Hence, Once Upon a Chassid--a collection of stories, anecdotes, conversations and sayings culled from the immense sea of writings, transcribed talks, letters and diaries of seven generations of Chabad-Lubavitch.

 Kehot Publication Society and Merkos Publications, the publishing divisions of the Lubavitch movement have brought Torah education to nearly every Jewish community in the world. More than 100,000,000 volumes have been disseminated to date in over 12 languages, both for newcomer as well as for those well versed in Torah knowledge.
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