During one of his visits to the Kedushas Yom Tov, Rav Menachem Mendel asked him to give him a bracha. The Kedushas Yom Tov answered him, “Shouldn’t it be the other way around? You are older than I, and the word zaken stands for Zeh Kana Chochma (“you have acquired more wisdom”). You are also a talmid of the Chasam Sofer. Therefore, it would surely be more proper for me to receive your blessing!” Rav Menachem Mendel disagreed: “But you are descended from the holy Yismach Moshe of Uhjel, whom I once merited to meet face-to-face, and I heard drashos from his holy mouth that blazed like a flaming fire – so it would be more proper for you to bless me!” In the end, each tzaddik spread his hands over the head of the other, and in this manner they blessed each other! (Gedulas Mordechai)
