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Shabbes must not be neglected, happen what may. Suddenly there was an unusual commotion in the narrow lane in which stood Bensef's house. The door was hastily thrown open and in rushed Itzig, the messenger to Tchernigof, followed by a dozen excited, gesticulating friends. Bensef ran to meet them, but when he saw his messenger already returned his countenance fell.
He was, as we shall see, one of the wealthiest Jewish merchants in Kief, and therefore quite a power in the community of that place. Leah met the men at the door. "Good Shabbes, my dear husband; good Shabbes, brother," said the woman, cheerfully, her matronly face all aglow with pride and pleasure. "You must be famished from your long trip, brother." "Yes, I am very hungry.
The money, destined as a gift to the bal-shem, was securely strapped about his waist, and arrangements were made with a moujik, who was going part of the way, to carry Itzig on his wagon. "Get there as soon as possible, and by all means before Shabbes!" were Bensef's parting words. In the meantime not a little sympathy was manifested for the unfortunate lad.
"Adelaide Rebekah is her name," said her mother, proudly. "Speak to the gentleman, lovey." "Shlav'm Shabbes fyock on," said Adelaide Rebekah. "Her Sabbath frock, she means," said the father, in explanation. "She'll have her Sabbath frock on this evening." "And will you let me see you in it, Adelaide?" said Deronda, with that gentle intonation which came very easily to him.
When Chune Benefski's little boy was so sick that they thought he was already dead, a parchment blessed by the bal-shem brought him back to life. Is Mendel less to you than your own son would be?" "God forbid," said Hirsch; then added, reflectively: "but to-day is Thursday. It will take a day and a half to reach Tchernigof, and the messenger will arrive there just before Shabbes.
But come, Mordecai, banish your sorrows. This is Shabbes, a day of joy and peace. Come, the table is spread." Father and mother placed their hands upon the heads of their children, and pronounced the solemn blessing: "May God let you become like Ephraim and Manasseh!" and the family took their places at the table.
The bal-shem then gave him a parchment already written, and told him to return home at once and apply the remedy before Shabbes, otherwise the spell would lose its efficacy. "Then," continued the messenger, "I said, 'Rabbi, this is Friday noon; it takes almost a day and a half to reach Kief.
How can I get there by Shabbes? Then he answered, 'Thinkest thou that I possess the power to cure a dying man and not to send thee home before the Sabbath? Begin thy journey at once and on foot and thou shalt be in Kief before night. Then I gave him the present I had brought and started out upon my homeward journey. I appeared to fly.
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