Chassidic Story: The Power of Giving Charity

Rabbi Schneur Zalman M'Liadi - the Alter Rebbe - founder of Chabad and devoted Talmid (Student) of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezritch, was tasked as the youngest student at the table of the Maggid, to get a neighboring wealthy Jew to give charity when all other attempts by the other students failed.