5.26.2015

@ Rebbe Story # 4



Some time in the early 1940's, ten Lubavitch yeshiva bochurim (students) received draft notices. As they were going into the train station, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe was seen at his window peering out and saying something. 
When they got to the draft board, the bochurim were met by two physicians, one Jewish, the other one not. Nine of the ten were examined by the Jewish doctor and were dismissed from the draft. When it was the turn of the tenth one ( who was, incidentally, the only clean-shaven one in the group), the Jewish doctor suddenly decided to take his lunch break  and told the bochur that his Gentile partner would see him. 
The other nine bochurim decided to head back, leaving their buddy behind to await his turn. (When they got back, the Rebbe asked what happened to the other bochur, when he heard their response, he went back to the window and continued to say something.) 
Just then, a group of previous appointees showed up and were ushered into the non-Jewish doctor while the bochur had to wait them out. By the time they were done, the Jewish doctor came back from lunch, examined the bochur and sent him home. 

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