A Good Friend is Like a Rebbe:
The following story is related in Sefer Otzar Yisroel:
At the wedding of one of the children of the Chozeh of Lublin zy”a, his student, the Radoshitzer Rebbe zy”a, was dishing out the soup to the guests. (The process was that everyone got a bowl with kasha, and the “waiter” came around to pour hot broth over the kasha.)
There were many Admorim sitting there wearing white clothing. The Radoshitzer was able to tell that one of them was unworthy of wearing white clothing, so he spilled a little soup on his garment. That Admor became angry and the Chozeh asked the Radoshitzer, “Why did you spill soup on him?”
The Radoshitzer answered, “My job is to pour soup on kasha. I saw a kasha here, so I poured soup on it. My kasha (question) was why this man is wearing a white beketche. So I poured soup on that kasha.”
Later, the Radoshitzer got up on a chair to say badchanus, but this Admor was still angry at him for publicly humiliating him. The Radoshitzer got down from the chair and said to the Ropshitzer Rebbe zy”a, “Do you remember that the Rebbe (the Chozeh) once said that a good friend can do as much good for a person as a Rebbe can. Therefore, I ask you to help me now.”
The Ropshitzer then got up on the chair and began praising the Radoshitzer. He said that since the times of the Baal Shem Tov Hakadosh and the Rebbe Rav Elimelech, no one had afflicted himself like Rav Berel of Radoshitz, and added even more praises about him. Finally, the Admor who had been insulted was appeased and he told the Radoshitzer to get back up on the chair to say badchanus.
