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An Old Hat

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A story ofRav Avrohom Yehoshua Heschelהרב אברהם יהושע בן יצחק מאיר העשיל

Two askonim once visited the Rebbe. They told him that among the recently arrived Holocaust survivors was an important rav who was dressed in tatters, and that they were trying to collect money for respectable clothing for him. They then asked the Rebbe if he could donate his old hat.

The Rebbe went to the closet, took out his new hat, and gave it to them. The askonim were embarrassed. "We meant that the Rebbe should give us his old hat, the one he doesn't use any more," they explained.

The Rebbe replied, "In the World to Come, a person's clothing will be made up of the mitzvos and good deeds that he did in this world. Do you want me to sit in Olam Haba with an old hat?"

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