How bad is it not to listen?

An answer from the Rebbe written to R' Moshe Yitzchak Hecht A"H was recently shared online. The Rebbe says, when people close to the Rebbe are happy, that makes the Rebbe happy and vice versa.

In another, now famous, answer the Rebbe tells him that before he complained his request was answered and we sent Moshe Yitzchak Hecht, you should get to know him, and quickly, and things will be much better...

 R' Moshe writes to the Rebbe and the Rebbe responds; be happy! And he writes again and the Rebbe responds; be happy!

Please check out some of the correspondence here http://chabad.org.il/Magazines/Article.asp?ArticleID=6351&CategoryID=1340.

When he passed away the Rebbe spoke about him: "חסיד ומקושר לכ"ק מו"ח אדמו"ר נשיא דורנו, ששלחו ומסר על-ידו הקמת וניהול מוסדות של הפצת התורה והיהדות, והמעיינות חוצה, ובמילוי שליחות זו היתה התעסקותו כל משך ימי חייו"

"He's a Chassid, connected to the Rebbe, a Shliach his entire life" and so on.

Looking at the 'bigger picture' to me this is so inspiring! A man, a Chassid and even a Shliach who struggles with dejection, the Rebbe deals with him. Receives some of the most exceptional answers from the Rebbe. And complains again. And the Rebbe deals with it again! And then when he passes away the Rebbe speaks about how special a person he was!

We can struggle. We write in. Goes by some time and we write in again, about the exact same thing. Goes by some time and we do it again. And again.

Does that make us 'bad' Chassidim? Or is that just part of what we're doing here?

Tiferes

To add another dimension of Tiferes (after the previous post): Chesed is the desire of the Mashpia to give. Yet Chesed is too generous. If Chesed is not tempered then what he gives will be too much. That's when Gevurah slows down the Chesed. But then the Mashpia might not give enough or not give at all. Then Tiferes pulls back from Gevurah so that there will be a Hashpa'ah. And now it will be a balanced Hashpa'ah.

V'chol Banaich 5689 - Derushei Chasunah

The Middle Column

Compassion, explains the Kabbalah, is a blend between the two extremes of Kindness/giving and Strength/Judgment/withholding.

The conventional explanation is that this statement explains to whom the giving attribute is directed: kindness argue that all are worthy of receiving, Strength/Judgement argues that very few are worthy of receiving. Compassion is a blend of both perspectives. While it agrees with strength/judgment that not all are worthy of receiving, it nevertheless agrees with Kindness’s bottom line that all shall receive; for compassion applies to those who are undeserving as well.

There is however another reason why compassion is considered the “middle” and a mix of Kindness and strength, not based on to who the attribute is directed bit because of the properties of the attribute itself. Because kindness is weak. a person must have a soft spot to another in order to give. Judgment however is strong and forceful (hence the Kabbalistic name for Judgment: “strength”).

Compassion, however is a blend of the two. for although it gives - thus it is similar to kindness - it nevertheless gives with strength - incorporating and using the quality of strength into it's giving. 

(Leku"s Mikets 15 Sicha 2)