When the Rebbe and his wife arrived in America, the Previous Rebbe, who, because of ill health, was unable to greet his daughter and son-in-law personally, sent four of his most eminent chassidim to greet the Rebbe. The Previous Rebbe described his son-in-law as “one who recites Tikkun Chatzot; knows by heart the entire Talmud Bavli with the commentaries of the Ran, the Rosh and the Rif; he knows by heart the Talmud Yerushalmi, The Rambam’s Mishneh Torah with its commentaries and Likkutei Torah. . .” But despite all this, he humbly “goes with a hat that has its brim down. Go and greet him!”
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