Editing Chassid (section)

== Chassid - A Different Entity ==
The Chabad Rebbeim deeply instilled that a Chassid is an entirely different entity. Not everything that is suitable for everyone is suitable for a Chassid. The Rebbe Maharash, for example, would instill in his Chassidim that just as there is a concept of "not fitting" in physicality, there is a concept of "not fitting" in spirituality. For example, he said that for a Chassid it is not fitting to not learn a chapter of Tanya every day, it is not fitting to not be immersed in character refinement. It is not fitting for a Chassid to not be engaged in the service of prayer, in hiskashrus, when the proper yearnings for Divine feeling are reflected in the Chabad niggun. It is not fitting for a Chassid to not be engaged in the service of Krias Shema she'al hamitah and to fall asleep with all the dust or mud of the day's work, and to dream of false matters that the angel in charge of dreams honors him with.

When Dr. Weiss asked the Rebbe what is a Chassid, the Rebbe answered that a Chassid is someone who can say at Krias Shema she'al hamitah that he is a bit more than what he was in the morning.