When Bàal Schem, the founder of Hasidism, had to carry out a difficult task, he went to a certain place in the forest, lit a fire, said prayers, and what he wanted came true. 

When, a generation later, the Maggid of Meseritsh was faced with the same problem, he went to that place in the forest and said: “We no longer know how to light fire, but we can say prayers” – and everything happened according to his wish . 

Again a generation later, Rabbi Mosche Leib of Sassov found himself in the same situation, he went into the forest and said: “We no longer know how to make fire, we no longer know how to say prayers, but we know the place in the forest, and that must be enough.” And indeed it was enough. 

But when another generation passed and Rabbi Israel of Rischin also had to deal with the same difficulty, he remained in his castle, sat down in his golden chair and said: “We no longer know how to light a fire, we are not capable of recite the prayers and we don't even know the place in the woods: but we can tell the story of all this." And, once again, that was enough.