A Prohovitcher Chasid once traveled to R. Baruch in Mezhibozh. Before he left, he made up with his friend to pay close attention to what would occur on Saturday night during the Melava Malka both by R. Baruch and by R. Shalom Prohovitcher, and when he returned from Mezhibozh, they should compare notes with each other.
When the Jew from Prohovitch arrived in Mezhibozh and attended the Melava Malka, R. Baruch saw him and asked him: “How is Sholomke doing? (People relate that when R. Baruch spoke about R. Shalom he never referred to him as Reb Sholom). We must stop him, he is walking on a knife’s edge that is teetering over a deep pit.”
When the Jew returned to Prohovitch he discussed [the events of Saturday night] with his friend, and he told him that at the very minute that R. Baruch spoke about R. Sholom, R. Sholom asked that they sing “the Tishbite1 should save us from the mouth of lions.”
I.F.
Rabbi Reiter
Prohovitcher Rav
