Over the years the chassidim knew that he operated on a different level. An example: On Shushan Purim it was his minhag to visit the homes of his children and close relatives and make a bracha in each home. The cusrtom was known as ‘rimplin.’ One Shushan Purim he said to his accompanying chassidim: “Let us make a stop at the home of a non-family member, a devoted chassid. The young man had been married for several years and had yet to be blessed with children. When he came in, the chossid offered him a cup of wine. The Rav declined, and asked for some water. He said that he wanted to make a ‘boreh nefashos.’ Standing next to the Rav was another chossid that sought a similar bracha. Catching the significance of the moment, he turned to the Rav and and said “Rebbe, mich oichet (Rebbe, me too).” The Rav respnded: “Nu, nu- Boreh Nefashos Rabbos.”
The Rav made the bracha. That year a son was born to the first chossid and a daughter to the other. Some twenty years later, these two chassidim became mechatonim, when the children born from the Rav’s bracha married each other.
