R. Moses Leib of Sasov (d. 1807) once came to Tarnogród. The mother of the [author of the] Divrei Hayim – R. Hayim Sanzer – came to R. Moses Leib’s home with her child in her arms. When he entered, R. Moses Leib stood up. She became very afraid. “Don’t be afraid,” R Moses Leib said to her. “I am not standing up for you but for the future leader of the diaspora which you hold in your arms.”
When R. Hayim was thirteen the [author of the] Yam ha-talmud (R. Joshua Heschel Orenstein [d. 1824]) ordained him with [the formula] “May he decide? He may decide! May he judge? He may judge!”
At fifteen the [author of the] Yeshu’ot Yaakov (R. Jacob Meshulem Orenstein [d. 1839]) included him in a court convened to release an agunah [chained woman].
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Sanzer Rebbe
