The Rabbi of Torna shared the following account: The wife of the Noda BiYehuda was related to the Besht. On one occasion, they were all present at a brit (circumcision gathering). Without her husband's knowledge, she brought her son Yaakovske to the Besht and allowed him to bless her son. Later, during the festivities, the Noda BiYehuda asked the Besht to “say toire” (deliver a sermon), but the Besht refused, stating that the Noda BiYehuda would not appreciate it. But the Noda BiYehuda pleaded persistently and the Besht eventually did say the toire. Ultimately, the Noda BiYehuda indeed did not value the toire given by the Besht.

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Yaakov Teitelbaum 

(a student of the Rabbi of Torna; he heard this from him)