After a year of learning in 770 by the Rebbe, Reb Sholom Ber Wolpo went into yechichus before returning to Eretz Yisroel. Asking for a bracha to return soon, the Rebbe responded with surprise, and told that he first has some work to do.
As a bochur, Reb Sholom Ber Wolpo came from Eretz Yisroel to learn under the Rebbe’s wing in 770, in 5727 (1967).
As his year by the Rebbe came to a close, before returning to Eretz Yisroel, he merited a yechidus.
“I want a bracha that I should be able to come back to the Rebbe speedily!” he wrote in his note.
“To come back?!” the Rebbe responded with surprise.
“First, you must unpack your bags, everything that you gained here. Which includes everything you are aware that you gained, and so much more that you are not yet aware of…”
(Teshura Adar II 5750)
From The Weekly Farbrengen by Merkaz Anash
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