This Seat Belongs to You
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A story ofRav Chaim Pinchos Scheinbergהרב חיים פינחס בן יעקב יצחק שיינברג
On Simchas Torah, after the davening, hundreds of talmidim danced and sang their Rosh Yeshiva home. Rebbetzin Basya watched from the window of their sixth-floor apartment.
Once he was upstairs, Rav Chaim Pinchos would ask her whether she had seen all those talmidim singing and dancing. Then he would tell her that it was all because of her, and that it all belonged to her. And whenever she entered the yeshiva, he would stand and offer her his seat, telling her that it was hers.