Reb Yitzchak Beirach Daskal, Reb Shmuel’s son, related:
Someone once told me, “I was sitting in the Chisda Shul and davening next to Reb Shmuel Daskal. A poor man approached me and asked for a handout. I gave him a large-denomination coin, but the poor man asked for more. I declined to give it to him, and he left with a scowl. I remarked to Reb Shmuel, ‘Look at that behavior.’
“Reb Shmuel said to me, ‘He must think that you are me!’
“Immediately, he went over to the man and asked, ‘Are you looking for Daskal?’ The man answered in the affirmative. ‘Oh, so it’s me you’re looking for, not that other person,’ he answered. And he proceeded to give the poor person a large sum of money! Of course, the man was overjoyed.
“I was awed at his perception!”
