Rabbi Dov, one of the senior ritual slaughterers, related this account. During wartime, the Bat Ayin sent Rabbi Shmuel Heller to government officials to learn what was happening. The mission continued day after day during the Ten Days of Repentance. Rabbi Shmuel regretted the hours spent waiting rather than praying and meditating.
What He Heard in His Student's Words
On the night preceding the eve of Yom Kippur, Rabbi Shmuel told his teacher that an official royal decree had arrived and alarmed the officials. Hearing the words “the king's decree,” the Bat Ayin was stirred with profound awe. When his student again described his distress about Yom Kippur, the rabbi gave him some food from his table and blessed him with a good and illuminating Yom Kippur. According to tradition, Rabbi Shmuel later described an especially uplifting holy day.
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