The heilige Rabbi of Berditchev, would always invite poor, simple Jews and unlearned men as guests into his Sukkah. He explained why he was so thorough in doing this: The Talmud states that when the righteous Messiah comes, the Tzaddikim will sit in the Sukkah made of the Leviasan fish with their crowns on their heads, along with all the Patriarchs of the world and the righteous and pious of all generations. I, too, will want to enter the Sukkah of the Leviasan. If they try to chase me away and ask, "What is such a coarse and simple person doing sitting together with all the Tzaddikim?" I will answer that simple and coarse people also sat in my Sukkah—so they will have to let me in as well! (Sukkos Shalom in the name of Sifsei Tzaddikim)
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