He Meant Business : circa 1968
Dov Zlotnik, Professor of Rabbinic Literature at the Conservative Movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary, once delivered a sermon on the importance of Family Purity. As he was to discover, for the Rebbe, a good sermon requires a great ending…
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It was 1985 April I decided to take my Tzedakah box to 770
As I was getting close I saw thousands of Lubavitchers in the street. I finally park my car about 3 blocks from 770. I am now walking amongst the crowd and I get the the 4 steps leading to the building when I look up and see The Rebbe facing me . He had a brown bag under his left arm and coming towards me
I now go backwards down the 4 steps and on to the sidewalk where there is a Grey Cadillac parked . The Rebbe is now looking at me again and a young Lubavitcher opens the from door for The Rebbe to get into the car
I dropped my Tzedakah box and I closed the door after The Rebbe sat down.
WOW , I could not believe what I just saw
Several years later I told a Chabad Rabbi my Story . He said , “ You did not close the door for The Rebbe “ I said , “ Yes , I closed the door for The Rebbe . The Chabad Rabbi said “ The Rebbe opened the door for you so you can learn Torah & perform Mitzvot until the arrival of Moshiach