Addendum (to the previous post.) By citing an example of the Chassidic Rebbes I didn’t mean to exclude the Gedolei Yisroel and Tzaddikim of Lita. (Lithuania, Latvia and Belorussia.) One of the most outstanding examples of Receiving individual Yidden and listening and offering advice with Ahavas Yisroel is the Chofetz Chaim ZY”A. There are many stories where the Chofetz Chaim answered someone’s questions even before they had a chance to tell him their problem. But the ChCh. was also involved in helping Klal Yisroel by intervening with the government ministers who were about to issue evil decrees (G’zeiros) that would affect all the Yidd’n who lived in greater Poland in matters of Chinuch and other aspects of Jewish life.
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