One night, Reb Eizek Reb Yekel's of Krakow (niftar 370 years ago, ג"תי) dreamed that there was a large treasure under a bridge. So, he went to the bridge, and a police officer stopped him and asked him what he was doing. Reb Eizik told him the truth. "I dreamed that there's a great treasure under this bridge."
The officer replied, "Why do you take dreams seriously? I also had a dream. I dreamt there's a great treasure under the oven of a Yid called Reb Eizik Reb Yekel's of Krakow. I'm not crazy. I didn't go seeking a Reb Eizik Reb Yekel's in Krakow. It was a dream, and dreams don't mean anything."
Reb Eizik heard what the policeman said and was shocked. The police dreamed that there was a treasure in his home! He had mentioned his name. He didn't tell the goy that he was Eizik Reb Yekel's. He immediately went home, dug under his oven, found a great treasure there, and became very wealthy.
With a portion of the money, he built a beautiful shul in Krakow called "Reb Eizik Reb Yekel’s Shul."
Tzaddikim tell this story, and they teach various lessons from it.
Discovering the Treasure Within
One year, after Yom Kippur, the Imrei Chaim of Viznitz zt'l (Likutei Imrei Chaim, Motzei Yom Kippur) repeated this story and explained that people think that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the treasure because on these days we reach high spiritual levels. But when these awesome days arrive, they discover that they have the treasure within themselves. They have so much potential. They have so much talent. There is so much that they can do.
This is the avodah after the yomim tovim pass, to find the treasures that are within you.
