The Rabbi from Torna shared a story that a Jew, who was once in Sanz, recounted to him: The Divre Hayim was weak and therefore prayed in a separate room. During the sefira (counting of the Omer) period, the hasidim shouted the l’shem yikhud (unification prayer) with great elevation. (It is explicitly stated in the Noda BiYehuda's responsa that one should not recite the l’sheim yikhud.) Upon hearing this, the Rabbi of Sanz emerged from his room and began yelling at his hasidim, "Haskel (the Noda BiYehuda), opines that we must refrain from uttering the l'sheim yikhud, yet you are also shouting it."

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Yaakov Teitelbaum