Gedolim Be'Masayhem
Stories & Anecdotes
Rav Michel of Zlotshuv was once visiting Brody and stayed at the home of Rav Yehuda Zundel, who treated Rav Michel as an honored guest. Before he left and traveled onward, Rav Michel blessed him that he should have a child who would light up the entire world. Rav Yehuda Zundel’s young daughter Rivka Henya was listening and remarked, “But my parents are too old to have any more children; his berocha must then apply to me!” True enough – her son was the Sar Sholom of Belz.
Another version says that Rav Yehuda Zundel had a dream, which he related to the Chachmei HaKloiz in Brody, in which he was promised a child who would light up the world. He himself was puzzled by this vision, due to his old age. When his young daughter Rivka Henya heard this, she remarked, “May it be His will that I merit this child,” and all the sages of the Kloiz answered, “Amen!”
