No Bed for Two Years
A story ofRav Chaim Meir Hagerהרב חיים מאיר בן ישראל הגרProfile ›
In their younger years, Rav Eliezer sat and studied together with his older brother, the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz, and their exertion in Torah study was legendary. For two years the brothers were so engrossed in their learning that they did not sleep in a bed. Except for Shabbos, they did not even change their clothes from week to week.
When they needed a short rest from learning, they simply lay their heads down where they were, fully dressed, and so they could use the entire night for Toras Hashem.
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