Leaving With The Same Goy You Came With
Me'oros Hatzaddikim | May 16, 2024
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Leaving With The Same Goy You Came With

Me'oros Hatzaddikim | June 27, 2025

Once, one of Rav Dovid Tolna’s Chassidim came to take his leave as soon as Shabbos was over. “What’s the rush?” asked the Tolna Rebbe.

“The goy, the ba’al agola, is already waiting for me outside,” rushed the Chassid to explain.

“Miten zelbe goy gekimen miten zelben goy furstu a’heim,” declared the Rebbe (injecting a double meaning into his words: “You came with the same goy and are leaving with the same goy. You came here with the same un-Jewish yetzer hora and are leaving unchanged!)” (Otzar Yisrael)

Once, one of Rav Dovid Tolna’s Chassidim came to take his leave as soon as Shabbos was over. “What’s the rush?” asked the Tolna Rebbe.

“The goy, the ba’al agola, is already waiting for me outside,” rushed the Chassid to explain.

“Miten zelbe goy gekimen miten zelben goy furstu a’heim,” declared the Rebbe (injecting a double meaning into his words: “You came with the same goy and are leaving with the same goy. You came here with the same un-Jewish yetzer hora and are leaving unchanged!)” (Otzar Yisrael)

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