The Ruzhiner cried profusely when his wife Sarah’le passed away on the last day of Passover. The elder Hasidim questioned him regarding the reason for his intense weeping, as it was disrupting the holiday. The Ruzhiner responded, “The Besht only shed tears three times in his life. 1) When his ship sank on the way to the Holy Land. 2) When his daughter Udel fell in the river during his return journey. 3) When his wife passed away. I had hoped to fulfill my dream of visiting the Holy Land before the end of my life, but now, with the loss of my plag guf (“other half”), I fear that dream will never be realized.”
Y.F.
Mordechai Shlomo Yosef Friedman
Sadagorer Rebbe
