Retying a Sefer Torah

When the holy Rizhiner was still young, he attended a wedding where many great tzaddikim and Chassidic Rebbes were present. During the chasuna his gartel, the sash worn around the waist, fell off. The holy Apter Rav, regarded at that time as one of the elders and leaders of Chassidus, bent down himself to gird and tie the Rizhiner's gartel.

Many of those present were shocked that such an elder Rebbe would humble himself before such a young tzaddik. The Apter Rav said, “What do they want? I have only fulfilled a mitzvah. I was doing gelilah, retying a Sefer Torah.”