How Many People in One Brain?

I’m always happy to get a phone call from my good friend Reb Arik, a pleasant, levelheaded fellow who serves as the mental health askan for his small, Jerusalem-based chassidus.

“What can I do for you today, Reb Arik?” I asked as I answered the phone.

“Oooh, Reb Yaakov! So happy to catch you. Listen, I have a bit of a crazy question to ask you if you don’t mind.”

“If I didn’t want to answer your questions then I wouldn’t have answered your call, Reb Arik. How can I help?”