Acting Like a Thief

Acting Like a Thief:

Rav Yisroel Shimon Kostilnitz zt”l (quoted in Sefer M’Zekeinim Esbonen, page 279) related that he once was in the bais medrash of the Bais Avrohom of Slonim zy”a on the seventh day of Pesach. The Rebbe davened for the amud very emotionally, and everyone was awed by the kedusha. The entire assemblage felt as if they had ascended above this world.

After davening, the Rebbe descended from the amud and walked towards the kehillah with a smile on his face. Rav Yisroel Shimon was standing next to Rav Moshe Kliers of Teveriah zt”l, whom he heard say to himself, “He is just like a thief. He acts as if he didn’t do anything and the hisorerus has nothing to do with him.”