The three Chassidim were
traveling together, pursuing an urgent matter of askonus haklal. One of them
was the celebrated chossid R’ Itche der masmid, who was renown for his
refinement.
During there travels, they had
to meet in a hotel. In this hotel, one wall of the lobby was adorned with a
large and beautiful floor to ceiling mirror. In the middle of their meeting, R’
Itche suddenly jumped up, and ran towards the mirror. Then, as he was about to reach
it, he – just as abruptly – turned around, and returned abashedly to his place.
When his colleagues asked him
for an explanation, R’ Itche, who had never had reason or inclination to
observe his own reflection, and thus had no way of knowing what he looked like,
clarified as follows: “Ich hob gezehn a Yid mit a hadras ponim, bin ich gleich
tzugegangen geben em sholom: [I saw a dignified-looking Jew, so I immediately
went to greet him].
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