R. Yisrael Mordechai Teitelbaum related that he heard the following story from R. Nachum Ber Sadigerer:

The Apter Rav had a brother who was killed by Gentiles. It was Friday when they brought the corpse to the Apter Rav in his beis midrash [=study house]. They laid down the corpse in the women’s section of the synagogue. When the Apter Rav recited the Kiddush on Friday night, the deceased stood up to his full height, and after Kiddush, he returned to his lying position. 

This story was related to the old Sadigora Rebbe. He asked: “It would be interesting to know what exactly happened, elder hasidim should be asked whether the deceased laid back down or he fell down.” They asked the Sadogerer: “What’s the difference?” He answered: “To me, it is a big difference.”

I.F.

Ya’akov Teitelbaum