Dear Defend,
I was present by an argument on this topic. A yungerman, was espousing a very strong view against Chabad and the Rebbe etc. Then an older and very not opinionated member of our bais medrash passed by. He said he was learning in the Mir in E”Y when the Rebbe got sick. It was a well known story, that some bachurim eagerly told Rav Shach about the Rebbe’s stroke. the R”Y was aghast and immediately began saying Tehillim for him. And, he continued to do so until the Rebbe’s petirah.
The yungerman refused to accept the story. He said he would not even ask people who would know. I knew one person who had been in Ponovizh at the time. He confirmed the story. He added that whenever Rav Shach heard about any yid in pain he would say tehillim. A talmid brought his child to the doctor for a sick visit. Anytime he heard of a car accident. israeli soldiers. He added, that if Rav Shach was in his office, he was probably saying tehillim. Over a year later, I met the yungerman. He had been told the same thing.
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