Editing Make yourself a Rabbi (section)

== Implementation of the Directive ==
Despite being a Mishna teaching, throughout the generations these things did not become practical, remaining theoretical-academic. Even after the establishment of the Chassidic movement, which emphasized the importance of the Mashpia - generally this referred to a communal Mashpia, not a personal-individual one. Even when over the years the Rebbe directed Temimim to Mashpiim - these were instructions to individuals, not as a sweeping general directive. The Rebbe's innovation was in actualizing this; the Rebbe took the Mishna's instruction and instilled it into the daily lives of thousands of Chassidim and Mekusharim.