After feeding the birds, he went for a walk. This was not just any walk. No one was allowed to accompany him; no one was allowed to walk next to him, to honor him, or to show any respect. He fled from kovod as from fire. Instead, he walked in dveikus with his mind on his private thoughts. When he walked he never talked. You could not ask him anything; if he did need to speak or respond, he stood still, never talking and walking at the same time. He once explained, “When I go off on a walk, I cry in Golusהלך ילך ובכה ,.” In fact, after his levaya one of those who had delivered a hesped remarked that he had once invited Reb Moshe to attend his chasuna. “I am sorry I cannot attend. I am one of the Golus Yidden and I am forbidden to attend any simchas.” In this manner he accepted this suffering on himself for all of Klal Yisrael.
