Introduction, Tales of the Hasidim Later Masters, Martin Buber:
It is the generation's challenge that manifests the poet [Inspired by Mendel of Vorki who say, "it is the Hasidim who make a rabbi"].
"Rabbi Shalom Shakhna (d. 1802) made himself appear sinful in public for the purpose of outwitting Satan."
"Before his death, Rabbi Shalom had a vision which he told to his son Israel: he saw a zaddik sitting in one of the halls of heaven. On the table in front of him lay a magnificent crown shaped out of his teaching and his holiness. But the zaddik was not permitted to place the crown on his [own] head. 'I have told you about it,' Rabbi Shalom added, 'because some day you may need to know it.'"
