Q&A: What's its source, Rabbi?
What's its source, Rabbi?
Question
Hello Rabbi, usually you bring the example of begging the question from our forefather Abraham. I'm attaching a nicer version on this point that you can use, from the book Jokes about Hasidim (by Alter Druyanov):
Among a group of Mitnagdim, one of them began speaking disparagingly about a certain tzaddik.
There was also a Hasid there, and he jumped up and cried out:
Dust upon your mouth! The rebbe has a revelation of Elijah every Sabbath eve, and you have the nerve to speak against him.
The opponent asked:
How do you know that he has a revelation of Elijah every Sabbath eve?
The Hasid replied:
I heard it from his holy mouth.
The opponent mocked him:
Maybe he is lying?
The Hasid shouted:
Wicked man! Would a person who has a revelation of Elijah lie?!
Answer
Many thanks.