How Can I Relax And Rest When My Master Is In Exile

Although he was rebbe in Baranovitch, Rav Avrohom of Slonim, often traveled from place to place for Shabbos. When one of his wealthy followers offered to pay for him to take a well-deserved vacation, he refused, claiming that he instead needed to fundraise for Kollel Reisin in Eretz Yisroel. When the wealthy chassid generously offered to make up the difference, the rebbe revealed the truth: “How can I sit comfortably home or rest when my Master, the holy Shechina, is exiled, wandering from Her home?”