A Kvittel Under the Pillow

Rav Pomerantz, Rav Yaakov's gabbai, related that a friend once asked him to give the Rebbe a kvittel with a request for help. The gabbai somehow forgot. This happened again and again, until he was very embarrassed when his friend asked why he still had not delivered it.

At last he remembered, but it was night. He was alone in the Rebbe's room, and the Rebbe had already lain down to sleep. To wake the tzaddik was out of the question. Then he had an idea. Quietly he slipped the kvittel under the Rebbe's pillow and whispered the request into the sleeping Rebbe's ear.

The next day the gabbai received a phone call from his overjoyed friend. "Thank you for delivering the kvittel to the Rebbe."

Astounded, the gabbai asked, "How did you know?"

"Boruch Hashem, my wife has healed completely and she is well."