Know! telling stories of tzaddikim is a very great thing. By means of stories about the tzaddikim the heart is woken and inspired with a great arousal for God, with a very powerful yearning. This is due to the impression made by the devotions of that tzaddik of whom we tell. This impression is aroused at the time we tell of the tzaddik, and it awakens a great arousal for God.
דַּע, שֶׁסִּפּוּרֵי מַעֲשִׂיּוֹת מִצַּדִּיקִים הוּא דָּבָר גָּדוֹל מְאֹד, כִּי עַל יְדֵי סִפּוּרִים מִצַּדִּיקִים נִתְעוֹרֵר וְנִתְלַהֵב הַלֵּב בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת גָּדוֹל לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בְּחֵשֶׁק נִמְרָץ מְאֹד, כִּי הָרְשִׁימוּ שֶׁעָשָׂה אוֹתוֹ הַצַּדִּיק שֶׁמְּסַפְּרִין מִמֶּנּוּ, עַל יְדֵי עֲבוֹדָתוֹ אֶת הַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ, זֹאת הָרְשִׁימוּ נִתְעוֹרֶרֶת בְּעֵת שֶׁמְּסַפְּרִין מֵהַצַּדִּיק, וְהִיא מְעוֹרֶרֶת לְהַשֵּׁם יִתְבָּרַךְ בְּהִתְעוֹרְרוּת גָּדוֹל:
Know! telling stories of tzaddikim is a very great thing. By means of stories about the tzaddikim the heart is woken and inspired with a great arousal for God, with a very powerful yearning. This is due to the impression made by the devotions of that tzaddik of whom we tell. This impression is aroused at the time we tell of the tzaddik, and it awakens a great arousal for God.