By Dovid Zaklikowski for COLlive and Hasidic Archives
A visit to Rebbetzin Rivkah Schneersohn (1834-1914) was an exciting event. She always had a good story or an intelligent saying to share. People also knew that she was kind, ready to give charity or a large loan.
One day, before she had a chance to pray in the morning, one of the local peddlers in their town of Lubavitch told her of the calamity of his horse’s death.
“I cannot go to other towns to make purchases,” he said and said that he needed a 50 ruble loan for a new horse.
Rebbetzin Rivkah did not have that large sum and went to borrow the money from a neighbor, giving her wedding dress as collateral.
She then went to pray, crying throughout, begging G-d to have mercy on her so that she could be able to give loans without having aggravation.
Her family went to her father-in-law, the Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, and told her of Rebbetzin Rivkah’s crying.
The Rebbe called her, and gave her the amount of the loan, telling her, “Take the 50 rubles, and please don’t shed any more tears.”
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