צו את אהרן את בניו לאמר זאת תורת העלה… (צו ו:ב)

Rashi says: “ביותר צריך לזרז במקום שיש חסרון כיס” – there is a greater need for encouragement, where there is a cost involved.  This is why it says by the Korban Olah, the word “צו”; where it costs money, it needs a separate warning.

The tzaddik R’ Avraham of Sachatchov zt”l, the author of ‘Avnei Nezer,’ related the following story:

There was once a wine merchant from Kraków whose business was dwindling.  The wine merchant borrowed a few hundred złotys from his friends and traveled to Hungary, where he used to purchase good wines for his business.  He hoped that with this sum, his mazel (luck) would change for the better.

On the way to Hungary, he stopped off in Riminov, visited the holy Rebbe Reb Hersch zt”l, and asked for a bracha (blessing).  He handed a ‘pidyon’ (a sum of money) to the Rebbe, along with his personal request for good luck in his business dealings.  The Rebbe Reb Hersh said that he needs a larger ‘pidyon.’  The wine merchant, who believed in tzaddikim, didn’t think twice and handed most of the money he had borrowed from his friends to the Rebbe.  The Rebbe Reb Hersh blessed him and wished him hatzlacha (success).

When the wine merchant arrived in Hungary, he couldn’t take advantage of the business opportunities he was offered since there wasn’t enough money left to pay for the goods.  Suddenly, a vendor approached him with an offer.  He had many wine barrels that were part of an inheritance, which had been sitting for a long while, and he was instructed by the owners to find a buyer.  The wine merchant went to inspect the wine barrels and realized that he could do well selling these wines.  Alas, he didn’t have enough money to buy them all.

The seller agreed to give the wine merchant some wines to test if they would sell, and if so, he would come back to purchase the rest, to which he readily agreed.  To his luck, the aged wine sold at a high price, so he returned to buy the rest of the wine barrels.  He became wealthy from this business deal – all because he was steadfast in his belief and with the brachah from a tzaddik (righteous Rebbe).