Eliyahu HaNavi's Gift

The Tiferes Shlomo was a talmid of Rav Yeshaya of Peshedburz, who was a talmid of the Chozeh. Once he was in Peshedburz for Shabbos, and Rav Yeshaya was unwell, so all the tefillos and seudos were held in the Rebbe's room with a small group of a minyan of talmidim. Among them was a Rav who envied the honor and affection Rav Yeshaya showed the Tiferes Shlomo.

At the tisch, knowing that the Tiferes Shlomo would be honored with singing zemiros, that Rav began to sing all of them himself so the Tiferes Shlomo would have no chance. On Motzaei Shabbos, Rav Yeshaya asked the Tiferes Shlomo to sing after Havdalah, and he sang HaMavdil with sweet dveikus.

Rav Yeshaya was so pleased that he put his hand into the inner pocket of his Shabbos bekesheh and took out a golden coin. He handed it over and said, “How does a gold coin come to be in my Shabbos kaftan? Since I finished learning Hilchos Shabbos in my youth I have never broken its laws, even by accident. So it must be that Eliyahu HaNavi put this coin there for you.”