When Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth zt"l's mother moved to a retirement home (in the Matterdorf neighborhood), he thought that she would surely be happy to hear Kiddush from him on Friday night rather than participate in the central Kiddush. Therefore, for ten years, before Shabbat began, he would come to Neve Simcha to visit her and sanctify her over the cup, sing her songs, and only then would he hurry to his home in the neighborhood of Bayit Vagan – a very long distance! With the measure of his devotion, he persevered in this way every Shabbat and holiday. When R. H. fell on Thursday, he walked on the first night of R. H., on Monday night and on Shabbat in all weathers. There was a time when Jerusalem was soaked in great snow and cold, with particularly stormy weather. On Friday, his teacher, Rabbi S.Z. Auerbach zt"l, called him and asked him if he would go to his mother this week as well, since he would be exempt in such a situation. Rabbi Neuwirth: "Does the Rav ask or decide?" Rabbi Shlomo Zalman answered: "I am just asking..." "If so," said Rabbi Neuwirth, "I will go this week as well."
