I Envy His Kibbud Av

Reb Zalman Leib Weiss of Kiryat Vizhnitz, the gabbai of the Imrei Chaim, related that he heard the Imrei Chaim say about Reb Shmuel, “I envy his kibbud av.”

It was known that the Imrei Chaim was moser nefesh to honor his father, and yet, he said that he envied Reb Shmuel for his kibbud av!