When a chossid asked the Rebbe from what age one should begin educating a girl about tznius, the Rebbe advised him to consult with a certain chossid who was successful with his daughters’ chinuch.

When R’ Osher Nikolayever and R’ Yitzchok Dubov found Harav Levi Yitzchok in his garden teaching Likutei Torah to his two sons – ages 6 and 3 – they were surprised. But then the Rebbe did something that really shocked them.

When young men or women – or their parents – struggled to find a perfect shidduch, the Rebbe would gently point out where their mistake lies.

The Rebbe invested countless hours, in public and in private, to alleviate unnecessary tension and dissolve machlokes within Lubavitch circles. But this instruction was surprising.

In yechidus, a chassidisher yungerman dismissed his wife’s toothache. The Rebbe reprimanded him and insisted that he tell him about it in detail.

At a farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke about how everything is Elokus. Then suddenly the Rebbe began pointing to various items in the room.

Proper mechitzos in shul was something the Rebbe had to fight for in America of the 50s. Some tried cutting corners with various half partitions, but the Rebbe only pointed out that such a mechitza was a “joke” and defeated its purpose.

When their child passed away at nine months old, R’ Mordechai and Fraida Sufrin were heartbroken. But then the Rebbe told them something in yechidus that comforted them.

Standing on the bleachers in a packed 770, young Moshe Borisute‘s glasses got knocked off. On his way in, the Rebbe suddenly stopped and waited for the glasses to be picked up and returned.

As a bochur in Montreal during the summer, Reb Simcha Zirkind struggled with inappropriate scenes on the street. When he raised the issue in yechidus, the Rebbe had advice for him.

The Rebbe‘s displeasure with the closure of yeshivos and chadorim during the summer is well known, saying that it ruined bochurim’s “entire character.” Instead, the Rebbe suggested a 9-day break.

Having been promised success with his children, Reb Chaim Gutnick of Melbourne, Australia asked that the Rebbe take responsibility for grandchildren as well. But the Rebbe had a different idea

When Reb Berel Weiss banged on the Rebbe’s table and begged the Rebbe for a bracha for prosperity, the Rebbe told him that the bracha lies in him growing a beard.

A chassidishe train driver with many connections, Reb Shlomo Maidanchik encouraged Member of Knesset Mr. Yehoshua Kaufman to visit the Rebbe while in New York. When he did, the Rebbe checked that he wanted to be there.

When a mother poured out her heart to the Rebbe that her son had chosen the wrong path and her attempts to influence him had been fruitless, the Rebbe suggested a new approach.

The Rebbe regularly encouraged the reading of the weekly parsha with Targum as recorded in Shulchan Aruch. Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus recalls when the Rebbe brought it up during yechidus.

When one woman approached the Rebbe on the dollars line with a request for a bracha, the Rebbe gave her simple advice for growth.

When some bochurim got involved in community politics, the Rebbe was deeply pained. One bochur decided to write the Rebbe a letter of apology.

Following a soulful reading of Hallel at the Rebbe’s seder, the Rebbe descended to his room to the tune of Keili Ata. Suddenly, the Rebbe spoke while pointing at chassidim in the crowd.

When Reb Itchke and Gitte Gansburg told the Rebbe that their shlichus work was difficult and was taking a toll on the family, the Rebbe told them how they could find the strength to succeed.