Wednesday, February 1, 2012

~~~~~~~~~~ Two Worlds ~~~~~~~~~~

"A story is told about Rabbi Joseph Schneerson, a Hasidic leader during the early days of Russian communism.  The rabbi spent much time in jail, persecuted for his faith.  One morning in 1927, as he prayed in a Leningrad synagogue, secret police rushed in and arrested him.  They took him to a police station and worked him over, demanding that he give up his religious activities.  He refused.  The interrogator brandished a gun in his face and said, 'This little toy has made many a man change his mind.'  Rabbi Schneerson answered, 'This little toy can intimidate only that kind of man who has many gods and but one world.  Because I have only one God and two worlds, I am not impressed by this little toy."