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Better a Shoemaker Than a Rebbe

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A story ofRav Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Bialaהרב יחיאל יהושע בן ירחמיאל צבי רבינוביץ

The Biala Rebbe of Lugano explained that tzaddikim considered it a kind of punishment, even torture, to become well known as a Rebbe. He related that his father, the Chelkas Yehoshua, used to say, "Better to be a shoemaker than a Rebbe."

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