Once Reb Zelig Slonim was very tight financially, and borrowed one lira from Reb Shlomo Leib’s tzedaka fund to cover the costs of the oncoming Shabbos. When Reb Zelig returned home, he simply could not find the money, and returned to the home of Reb Shlomo Leib. Together they searched for the money, but it was not found.
Reb Zelig returned home very broken; not only did he not have money to buy food for Shabbos, but also he had the burden of paying up the loan. Reb Shlomo Leib resolved to take another lira from his own money and although he was old and walking was hard, he went to the home of Reb Zelig and announced happily that he had found the lost money. Reb Zelig was overjoyed.
The next morning Reb Zelig found the lost lira on the floor of his home and realized the chesed that Reb Shlomo Leib had done.
