Rav Yankele of Pshevorsk zy”a related the following story in the name of the Shinover Rebbe zy”a:
The Ropshitzer Rebbe zy”a once traveled to the city of Stavnitz to attend the wedding of his grandson, Rav Mendele of Glogov zy”a, who was marrying the daughter of the author of Sefer L’Shamayim zy”a.
In the city of Stavnik, there lived a man who had been crippled for ten years. The Ohr L’Shomayim advised him that he should lie down on the ground in the path of where the mechutanim would walk on their way to the chuppah. When the mechutanim – the Ropshitzer Rebbe and the Ohr L’Shomayim – were one their way to the chuppah, the Ropshitzer Rebbe saw the man lying on the ground and thought he was playing a joke on them. He tapped him with his cane and said, “Get up and run away from here.”
The man immediately stood up and ran away. This miracle created a big commotion. When the Ropshitzer Rebbe heard the commotion, he asked what was going on, and the Ohr L’Shomayim told him, “This man has been crippled for many years and he is now fully healthy and able to walk!”
When the Ropshitzer Rebbe heard this, he locked himself in his room for three days, refusing to come out, because he always was careful to avoid having the miracles he performed publicized and now, without realizing it, he had performed a wondrous act in front of a large crowd.
On the topic of fleeing from publicity, it is related that well-known and well-respected Rov once came to the Steipler Gaon zt”l and told him that he was suffering a lot, both in terms of ruchnius and in terms of gashmius. The Steipler told him, “You are very famous. And it is known that fame leads to tzaros!”
