Once, right before bedtime, Rav Chaikel fainted. The Chassidim had difficulty reviving him, and when they did he explained the reason for his fainting with a parable. This is the moshol he told:
Once upon a time there was a king who employed a troupe of royal weavers and tailors. The craftsmen had the job of tailoring, sewing and fixing all the royal garments. Each one was given a different garment that needed tailoring, fitting, sewing and some other work.
Whatever garments they finished that day were then handed over to the king’s wardrobe. There was one servant, explained Rav Chaikel, who was incompetent and lazy; instead of fixing and tailoring the king’s garments, he ruined them and reduced the beautiful clothes to rags! At the end of the day each tailor brought his fixed garments to the king’s wardrobe for safekeeping. The king sat on his throne and as each beautifully tailored garment was presented, shining and dazzling, the king smiled, nodding his approval, until the turn came of the lazy, incompetent servant. He arrived holding a bundle of rags and deposited them before the king for his wardrobe, overcome with such shame and disgrace [that he fainted!](Sippurei Chassidim)
