A Pillar of Fire | Rabbi Elimelech Biderman

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When the Rebbe, the Bas Ayin, was in Tzefas, he would not leave his apartment. Who can understand secrets of the holy? He would be closed in his room, emersed in Torah and prayer. Once he saw from the window a funeral passing by for a simple Sefardic Jew. A simple Jew. He joined the funeral until they finished the burial. And everyone was wondering, Why is he leaving the house? And walking along for the whole funeral? What happened? In the middle of the purifying ritual, the Chevra Kadisha stepped out and asked the widow, Why are his feet black? So the widow said, That’s an old story, from after our wedding. What happened? He needed Parnassah, so he was a peddler going around the villages, going to different cities to sell all kinds of things. He was overseas, abroad, to sell things, and then the daughter of a king wanted him very much, and the king decreed that he should marry her, and he couldn’t refuse. What was he to do?

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