Here We Polish Our Heads

“You can remove your tie, and you don’t need to look so meticulous...” the Rebbe told someone at the Shavuot 5711 farbrengen.

“A story is told of the chassid Reb Michael,” the Rebbe began to relate, referring to the elder mashpia in Lubavitch, Reb Michael Beliner (“der alter”).

“One of the guests, a simpleton who came to Lubavitch from the Yiddishe colonies, was searching for a brush to polish his shoes before Shabbat.

“When Reb Michael heard what he was looking for, he told him, ‘here in Lubavitch, we polish our heads, not our shoes...’”

Reprinted from Anash.org from the Weekly Farbrengen by Merkaz Anash, on-line at TheWeeklyFarbrengen.com