Persistence and Acceptance at the Rebbe's Table

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There was a tekufa, keyodua, during which there was a kpeida on Reb Avrohom Mayor. During that period, kemuvan, he wasn't one of the invited guests to the seudah of the Rebbe. By one of the seudos (of a yom tov), he showed up anyway. He told someone (a bochur?) who was there to move aside, and he sat down facing the Rebbe. He picked up a keleshke, and said "lchaim Rebbe". But the Rebbe ignored him. Undaunted, he picked it up again, and said a second time "lchaim Rebbe". But, once again, the Rebbe ignored him.  R' Avrohom picked it up a third time, and said to the Rebbe "Rebbe, ihr zeit doch a yoiresh, un a yoiresh yarshent altz, di gut un di shlecht tzuzammen. Lchaim Rebbe". And, this time, the Rebbe replied "lchaim ulebrocho"!