והיה לכם לציצית וראיתם אותם (שלח טו:לט)

It shall constitute tzitzis for you, which you shall see to remember…

When Hagoan, Reb Amrom Chasida zt’’l was six years old, a non-Jew approached and teased him by removing one of his tzitzis strings.  Little Amrom started crying bitterly, not wanting to move from his spot until someone brought him another pair of tzitzis. From great pain and upsetness, Reb Amrom exclaimed, “I hope the goy will fall deep into a pit and break all his bones!” When asked why he specifically cursed this upon the non-Jew, little Amrom replied: “Korach was also swallowed by the earth when he teased with the mitzvah of tzitzis….” 

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