argument about money and parted ways in anger. That night, one of them had a dream in which the Bais Aharon appeared to him and asked, “What’s this about?”
When he woke up, he saw his friend coming towards his home. He asked him why he was there in the middle of the night and his friend said that he also dreamt that the Rebbe came to him and asked what was going on.
When they saw how the Rebbe was so disturbed that two of his chasidim were fighting, they made peace right away.
We Do Not Argue on a Shehechiyanu Like This:
Sefer M’Zekeinim Esbonen quotes Rav Moshe’le of Stolin hy”d as relating that when the Bais Aharon finished writing a Sefer Torah, he made a celebration and sent a letter to Rav Mordechai Pinsker zt”l, asking him if he should make the bracha of Shehechiyanu on the completed Torah. Rav Mordechai ruled that the bracha should be made and the Bais Aharon made the Shehechiyanu with extreme hislahavus and in a very loud voice. Afterwards, the Bais Aharon asked Rav Mordechai why he said to make the bracha when there is a machlokes amongst Poskim if one should do this. Rav Mordechai answered, “If the Shehechiyanu is said like that, everyone agrees that it should be made!”
Fear Because He Felt No Fear:
The same sefer relates that the Bais Aharon once said, “If one fears Hashem, that is good. If one doesn’t, he should be afraid of the fact that he doesn’t fear Hashem.”
The Kibud is Better Than the Neiros:
Sefer M’Zekeinim Esbonen also relates that the Bais Aharon once entered his bais medrash and saw many lit candles. When he asked what they were for, he was told that one of the mispalelim lit them in honor of a Yahrzeit. The Rebbe said, “I don’t know how much benefit a neshama has from the neiros. However, the ‘kibud” of whiskey and mezonos that is given out in honor of the Yahrzeit certainly is beneficial. Providing something for others is definitely better for the soul than lighting candles.”
Yachid Chai Ha’Olamim:
The same sefer also relates the following:
Rav Avrohom Yaakov of Sadigur zy”a was the Bais Aharon’s son-in-law. After the Bais Aharon’s petirah, he said, “The Yachid Chai Ha’Olamim is still the same. However, there is no one left who can say ‘Yachid Chai Ha’Olamim’ the way my father-in-law did.”
May the memory of the tzadik be a blessing for all of Klal Yisroel.
