Shoes Off Only for the Mikveh
In his youth, Rav Menachem Mendel Hager was a close friend of Rav David Feldman. Rav David later recalled that during the week the young man never took off his shoes except when he went to immerse in the mikveh. The reason, he explained, was that Reb Menachem Mendel did not sleep in a bed. He spent his time learning Torah.
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