Hirshel: what we have here is a rare and telling photo. The holy
Munkatcher Ruv, who used his pulpit to rebuke and flick anyone whom he accused of not leading his life according to his "אבותינו ורבותינו הקדושים " is seen in this photo walking with 3 men, and to his left is the holy
Rebbetzin, daughter of the holy
Komarner, and a not so holy friend, in one of the resort regions. No
Poylishe Rebbe would be caught in such a setting, walking with his wife. No sir. I'm not saying there's anything wrong; I'm just bringing this to light. Years ago I heard that that the holy
Munkatcher once saw from his window an
Oyberlander Rov strolling the
Munkatch street with his
Rebbetzin. At 12 o'clock noon he took out his golden watch from his vest pocket and told his lovely wife: I must go and say
tikun chatzos. This was during the three weeks, you see, and the
Oyberlender Yidden have such a custom. [I guess saying it at midNIGHT is too difficult and disrupts their schedule?] The holy
Ruv is said to have screamed from his widow: ס'האט גארנישט פאסירט, you can keep on strolling! As if to say, if you walk with your wife on the street G-d doesn't need your
Tikkun Chatzos. We see that approach today with many people - like if you wear a long
sheitel G-d doesn't want you to
daven.
We once wrote something like that, way back in תשס"ח. עיי"ש
