What Rav Miller actually said:
Now to eat in Rebbe’s house, actually not such a bad
thing. [He is referring to Yehuda HaNasi] Cause if you would enslave your mind to
Rebbe. Not so bad. If it were up to me, I would eat gladly in Rebbe’s house.
Because I’d be a slave to Rebbe. So what’s better than that? What’s the purpose
of having freedom of mind? In order to get the right mind. So if you take your
freedom of mind, in order to make yourself a slave to a great mind, a true and
holy mind, it’s the best thing. So, for us, it’s no question. It depends. Let’s
say the Lubavitcher Rebbe invites you. He says, Shabbos come into me. Eat at my
table. So forget about what you heard tonight [about the danger of eating at
the table of certain people]. Say, gladly. Because you’ll be enslaved. You’ll
sit at his table. Whatever he says, you’ll say yes. It’s good. You can be sure
it’s good. If the Satmar Rav will invite you to his table for Shabbos. Accept.
Accept.
Rav
Avigdor Miller, “At Someone’s Table,” Tape #212, 36:27
What Toras Avigdor presented:
Now, we won’t say that you can never eat at
someone else’s table. If it’s up to me, there are many tzadikim who I would gladly eat in their homes because I’d
become slaves to them. What’s better than that? What’s the purpose of
having freedom of mind? In order to get the right type of mind. So
if you take your freedom of mind and use your bechira to enslave it
to a greater mind, a holy Torah mind, that’s the best thing. So for us, it’s no
question. Let’s say, Rav Aaron Kotler invites you to his house. He says, “On
Shabbos come eat at my table.” So forget about what you heard tonight and
say, “Gladly!” because you’ll become enslaved to the best. You’ll sit at his
table and whatever he says, you’ll say, “Yes, it’s good.” You could be
sure it’s good and you’ll be swallowing down all of the best attitudes of the
mind. (Parshas Korach based on
212)