R. Mendel Kosover had three friends, one was R. Eliezer Wolf, and another two friends. He said about them that one would become very wealthy, the second would become a drunkard, and the third would become a rebbe. And that is indeed what happened.
R. Eliezer Wolf was a big Kabbalist and he became a rebbe in Betshetsu (near Beitashan in Romania) and he was famous throughout Romania.
R. Meir Premishlaner said to Chasidim who came from R. Eliezer Wolf’s region: why do you need to come to me when you have such a Tzadik and Kabbalist amongst you? And he chased them out.
I.F.
Rabbi Gold
