Rebbe Aint No Excuse

I just love how people justify everything…

Punctuality

It was called for 10:15

10:25

No one’s around

“10 minutes late. Where is everybody?”

“Lubavitch is supposed to be late to my friend”

Ahem, no

“That’s a stupid excuse. The Rebbe was always on time.”

This is where the justify-the-blatantly-obvious tangent begins

You know,

Well how do you know the Rebbe was always on time…

And

The Rebbe defined time so…

And

The Rebbe showed up when he needed to…

And

Sometimes the Rebbe davened Mincha ‘late’, are you saying he’s…

And

They called something for this time but the Rebbe showed up at…

And…..

You’re point?

You

Are not

The Rebbe

But we have an obligation to be like him,

To act the way he wants us to act.

So to put it in the most simplistic of levels,

Putting aside that he’s a Tzaadik, a Nassi Ha’dor, etc,

To use a term everyone in the world understands,

The Rebbe is a true gentleman

Gentlemen are on time

Chassidim are on time

Be a gentleman, quit makin’ excuses