An Amazing Story About the Rimanover Rebbe:
Sefer Sipurei Tzadikim (Ois 69) relates that the author of Malei Horaim zt”l once spent a Shabbos with Rav Menachem Mendel of Rimanov zy”a. After Shabbos, he took leave of the Rebbe and received his bracha. On his way out, he also went to say goodbye to the Rebbitzen a”h and he asked her if she could share any stories about her husband.
The Rebbitzen told him that one Friday morning, she didn’t have any money to purchase Shabbos food. As she sat there in worry, a man came to the house and gave the Rebbe six coins as a pidyon. The Rebbe took the money and left the house to go to the mikvah. The Rebbitzen then went into her husband’s room to see if he had left anything behind. Under the table, she found one silver coin, which she used to buy food for Shabbos. She also purchased a bottle of whiskey, which she put on the table.
When the Rebbe returned from the mikvah and saw the whiskey on the table, he poured some into a cup and drank, without asking where it came from. The Rebbitzen asked why he didn’t inquire how she had purchased the whiskey and he said, “You probably found a coin under the table.”
She replied that this was the case but she wondered how the coin had gotten there. The Rebbe told her, “This morning, I was learning by the table when a treasure appeared before me on the floor and told me to take him. I didn’t want to bend down to pick it up. I decided that if it would come up on the table, I would take it, but if it wouldn’t, I would leave it. It again asked me to take him but I didn’t want to. I kicked it lightly with my foot to get it to stop bothering me, so I figured that one coin must have fallen out and that’s what you found.”
The Rebbitzen concluded, “I later searched the room some more and found two more coins in the corner.”
