When they were still very young children, the Rebbetzin Gitele, R. Yisrael’nu (later the Sadagorer), and R. Yitzhak (later the Boyaner) were playing together. They were playing “rebbe and hasid”, passing kvitels (petitionary notes) to each other. When the young Gitel gave R. Yisrael’nu a kvitel, he exclaimed, I am a greater rebbe than Father (the Elder Sadagorer). This angered Gitele, and she slapped him. In response, Yisrael’nu shoved her and she started bleeding. Gitele then ran to Father, the Elder Sadagorer (R. David Ertenberg, the rabbi of Berditchev, was also present during this incident), and complained about R. Yisrael’nu. However, the Sadagorer commented, “But he is right! The more gold is refined, the greater it becomes.”
Y.F.
Matityahu Spector
(Boyaner hasid)
