Improper Rejection

In the days of the Alter Rebbe, the Chasidim living throughout Russia and Lithuania began to gather to pray in Chabad minyanim (quorums). Besides joining for prayer, members of these groups would also collect contributions for the Rebbe's charity funds and send them to him together with a list of the contributors.

Once, a member of one of these minyanim failed to overcome the challenges posed to him by his evil inclination, and began to conduct himself in a manner that was not fitting for a member of the Chasidic community. His former colleagues shunned him, and the next time the Rebbe sent out an appeal, they did not seek his contribution.