Zecher Tzaddik Livracha

On the eleventh of Elul 5721, at his first tisch since the passing of his brother, the Abir Yaakov, Rav Shlomo Chaim of Sadigura sighed before washing netilas yadayim, "It is difficult to sit in the place of my holy brother, the Rebbe." After drinking l'chayim he said, "Zecher tzaddik livracha, the memory of a tzaddik is a blessing. This expression has two meanings: first, that his memory should be a blessing; and second, that we should be ready to accept that blessing." He went on to say that the day was the hillula of his ancestor, the holy tzaddik Rav Shulem Yosef. Rav Shulem Yosef had no time to be a mentor and teacher, guiding his descendants on the proper path, because he passed away shortly after his own father, the holy Ruzhiner, in the very same year.