The Apter Rav Doesn’t Get Along With the Balebatim

[Marginal note: R. Baruch?¹]

When the Apter Rav lived in Tultshin, he did not get along with the Balebatim [householders; laymen]. 

Before he left the city he went over to the Holy Ark and explicated the following verse:

בזאת ידעתי כי חפצת בי כי לא יריע אויבי עלי. (Psalms 41:12).

When will I know that I am important in your eyes – if you will not harm my enemies.

I.F.

Elazar Zohn

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