R. Shmuel Abba, (a grandson of R. Pinchas of Koretz), and R. Shimshon of Arigopolya, (the grandfather of Pinchas Landau), were guests at the Old Sadigurer. It goes without saying, they were served coffee in beautiful dishware, as was fashionable in Sadigura. R. Shmuel Abba mentioned, “I was once at R. Zusya of Anipoli and was served coffee in a broken saucer fastened with a wire, but I still remember the coffee!” The Leova, who was present, smilingly asked why the coffee was so special. R. Shmuel Abba replied angrily, “A young Jew should walk prave (rightward in Russian), not leve (leftward). But this young man—pointing to R. Nachum Ber—knows there is a distinction between different types of kaves (coffee in Yiddish), and that whilst drinking kave, one could also contemplate kave el Hashem (hope to God) [Psalms, 27: 13].
Y.F.
Pinchas Landau