Out for the Count
by Yeshiva Guy
Legend attributes the following maaseh to Yankel Miller, the notorious letzt/badchen from Monsey. I do not sanction doing this yourself, for more than one reason. Anyway…
Yankel went over to a particular fellow on the first night of sefira, just before the counting of the Omer.
Affecting a tone of dismay, he begged the yid to be motzi him with the bracha. The fellow answered Yankel as most would.
“Yankel, meshugenne, it’s the first night. There’s no way in the world that you could need someone to be motzi you”!
“OK,” he replied.
“In that case, it’s my pleasure to be motzi you.”
K.O.
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I heard that story from a Chofetz Chaim guy. He said a guy in his yeshiva (his friend?) does this every year.
::shrug::
That. Is. So. Cruel.
I don’t get it
Ask any Yeshiva Guy for the pshat.