Saturday, April 20, 2013

Balebos

In Rostov, the Rebbe Rashab lived upstairs and the Friedige Rebbe lived on the ground floor. From time to time, the Rebbe Rashab would make kiddush and farbreng by the Frierdige Rebbe. At one of these farbernegens, the Rebbe Rashab wished a l’chayim to the baal habayis.
The Frierdige Rebbe turned to his father, and tearfully implored him: ‘Father, please remove this title from me. A balebos is a dovor mezuham, - a disgusting creature, and I wouldn’t want to be adorned with this label’!

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