The Shofar on His Last Rosh Hashanah

On the final Rosh Hashanah of his life, Rav Zekel Leib lay in his sickbed, aware that his end was near, and he asked to hear the shofar. The baal tokeia, however, was unable to blow even a single sound.

At this the Baal Shem remarked, “If you cover my face, you will be able to blow.” And so it was. He passed away the next day.