Mrs. Fuchs of Neve Achiezer related:
Reb Shmuel was once standing in the wine cellar together with a neighbor and preparing wine. Anyone who didn’t know him would have never recognized him as the millionaire from the Bourse. A needy Yid entered the cellar and began looking for Reb Shmuel.
“That’s Daskal,” someone pointed out.
The man could not believe it. Reb Shmuel quickly abandoned the wine and took the guest over to a corner. The man began to pour out his tale of woe at length, but Reb Shmuel did not allow him to demean himself to the point of begging. “How much do you need?” he interrupted, taking out a bundle of bills bound in a rubber band from his pocket. “Here,” he said matter-of-factly, handed over the bundle, and then went back to his wine barrels as though nothing had happened.
