The Chozeh received one other special appointment from his rebbe, Reb Shmelka of Nikolsberg. It was his job to remind the rebbe if he lost his dveikus. Every so often the learning got so intense that the rebbe, Reb Shmelka was worried that due to his concentration on the technical points of the sugya, he might lose his dveikus to Hashem. He therefore asked his prize pupil a favor: “If it seems to you that I am so deeply engrossed in the learning that I have lost my dveykus in the Creator, please wake me up and remind me immediately by pulling on my sleeve.”
And so it was that while the talmidim were engrossed together with Rav Shmelka in a particularly deep and intense sugya that it appeared to the Chozeh that Rav Shemlka had indeed lapsed in his dveikus. However no sooner than he had moved towards the Rosh Yeshiva with intent to pull on his sleeve the rebbe, Reb Shmelka recovered himself. He turned to the Chozeh and replied affectionately, “Don’t worry my son, I reminded myself!” (Shemen HaTov Vol 2:3, Zikaron Tov Dveykus 2)
