Detained at the Train Station

It is told that Rav Bertzi came to settle in Bochnia quite unexpectedly. Several Nadvorna chassidim living in Vizhnitz had invited him to spend Shabbos with them. To get there, Rav Bertzi traveled by train to Bochnia, from where he intended to take a coach to Vizhnitz.

However, once the chassidim in Bochnia heard of the Rebbe's imminent arrival, they decided to detain the tzaddik and keep his holy presence in their midst. They prepared a well-furnished apartment for him and rushed to greet him as soon as he stepped off the train. There stood both welcoming parties, the locals from Bochnia and the chassidim from Vizhnitz. Each group claimed that the Rebbe should stay with them, and neither was willing to give him up without a fight.

Eventually the residents of Bochnia won out. Rav Bertzi moved into the apartment they had prepared for him and established his court there.