The following miracle is related about R. Joseph Tomoshover.
Tomoshov was near the border between Austria and Russia, so Cossacks were stationed there.
One of the high-ranking officers desired to use the Mikvah together with his wife and to take a bath in it. So the public and the women could not use the Mikvah.
They related this to R. Joseph and immediately afterward the officer’s son was hit by a stone and was killed.
The officer took all his troops and wanted to accost the Tomoshover and cause a pogrom in response to the death of his son.
As soon as the officer entered R. Joseph Tomoshover’s room, R. Joseph took the four fringes of his tallit in his hand and the Cossack was left standing [there] like a stone – he could not move.
It is further recounted that later, during a subsequent war, the officer returned from battle and was also killed by a stone.
I.F.
Tomoshover Rebbe
Rabbi M. Frisherman
