Money Slipped Through His Hands

Countless stories could be told of Rav Shimshon's tzedokah that seem not to belong to our world. Vast sums passed through his hands, yet he was able to raise his fingers heavenward and say, "Ribono Shel Olom, You know that I have labored over Your Torah and have not benefited personally in the slightest."

His son, Rav Yaakov Moshe, says, "We knew that one must not put money into Father's hands. It would simply leave them. People were amazed. They said to themselves, 'Rav Pincus travels all over the world. He must be a tycoon who rakes in millions.' We had to send people to explain to them that Rav Pincus himself was a pauper."

Rav Avrohom Deutsch relates, "I approached one of the people who used to invite him to speak at seminars and asked, 'Why do you not pay him anything?' He replied, 'I pay him, but he does not take it. I give him a check and he tears it up. What shall I do with him? I told him, "Let me at least pay you for your travelling expenses." He answered, "What, for the gasoline? It is embarrassing to take for that."'"

Recently a large sum of money was offered to him, a sum to which he was rightfully entitled. At first he refused it. In the end he gave in and said, "Perhaps for Miriam's wedding." But Hashem took her.