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feif un: The true stories are almost as good as the jokes, sometimes better.

The Tzemach Tzedek once heard the chasidim telling baal shemtov stories at melave malka because they thought it was good for parnossa. He said lav davka the baal shemtov, but any tzadik, and lav davka by melave malka, but any time, and lav davka a story — you can say a dvar torah too!