Ich Bin A Pashuter Zelner

Rav Shlomo Lorincz once asked the Rebbe why he was not a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. “In order to be a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah,” he replied, “one must be a Talmid Chacham.” On a different occasion, he answered the question thus: “Ich bin a pashuter zelner (I am a simple soldier). I am willing to do whatever is asked of me, but I leave the daas Torah to others. Whatever they decide, I’ll do.”