Monday, January 21, 2008

Rabbi Yisroel Rosenfeld

We were by the Ohel, Reb Yisroel, Levi Gopin and I. And he told us the following story:
When he was in the community council, he had a connection to the Rebbetzin and lehavdil connections with officials. One day he gets a call from (Rabbi Krinsky ?) on behalf of the Rebbetzin. She got a bill for social security or maybe some type of insurance and she didn't know what it's about. So Reb Yisroel gets on the phone with the offices in NY asking what this charge is all about. They answered all puzzled. The Rebbetzin has been getting this bill since she was 65 without a complaint.
Reb Yisroel relays the information back to Rabbi Krinsky. And soon after gets a call, the Rebbetzin wants to know what the bill is about. This time Reb Yisroel gets in touch with supervisors with the same results. And the Rebbetzin is still not satisfied.
Finally he calls Washington DC. They say they really don't see what she doesn't understand. She's been paying it for years. But they'll look into it anyway and they'll call back in a few days. Meanwhile Chof Bais Shevat happened and the Rebbetzin had passed away. When Reb Yisroel gets the call back he said it's to late she passed away and it seems she knew she wouldn't need whatever it was she was paying for.
Later that week Reb Yisroel goes to be menachem avel the Rebbe. As he passes the Rebbe he says he can't hold himself in and tells the Rebbe the story and how amazed he is that the Rebbetzin knew she wouldn't need it anymore.
The Rebbe answered: Nu, I've seen greater things from her!

1 comment:

Menachem said...

Post this on Achdus!