Editing Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung (section)

== His Torah Study Meeting with the Rebbe ==
Rabbi Hirschprung visited the Rebbe several times. But he couldn't discuss Torah learning with him, since the Rebbe directed the conversation toward spreading Judaism. On this occasion, he asked the Rebbe if he could also discuss some Torah learning with him, despite the Rebbe's precious time, and the Rebbe agreed.

He told the Rebbe that he had several difficult questions which he had asked all the Torah giants, none of whom could answer. Some of them weakened the force of the questions, but he couldn't find someone who could give him true answers to the questions. The Rebbe looked at him warmly and said with surprise: All the geniuses you mentioned cannot answer your questions, and I can? Rabbi Hirschprung answered that he was sure the Rebbe would correctly resolve his difficulties.

The Rebbe nodded and instructed Rabbi Hirschprung to ask. Rabbi Hirschprung asked questions on one of the most difficult topics in the Jerusalem Talmud, but despite this the Rebbe sat in a relaxed manner, until Rabbi Hirschprung wondered if the Rebbe was listening to what he was saying. Had he not heard about the Rebbe's genius, he would have stopped talking, being sure that the Rebbe didn't understand the questions, but knowing about the Rebbe's tremendous genius he continued presenting the questions.

When he finished, the Rebbe said: This is indeed difficult, but it's not the Jerusalem Talmud's fault but your fault, since you didn't learn the topic properly. If you had learned the Jerusalem Talmud properly, you wouldn't have questions. Without opening a book, the Rebbe began lecturing on the Jerusalem Talmud topic as if reading from the book. He showed him that through proper learning, his questions weren't difficult at all, to the surprise of Rabbi Pinchas, who had already presented his questions to the foremost Jewish leaders, none of whom thought there was no basis for his questions. And here the Rebbe, through proper learning of the topic, proved that the question came from an initially misdirected study of the Jerusalem Talmud passage.

The Rabbi later expressed: "I never encountered such depth in learning in my life. I saw giants in my life, but I never met someone approaching the Rebbe in genius."

From then on, his connections with the Rebbe and the Chabad community grew stronger, and in a certain sense he became a Chabad chassid.