ובא אשר לו הבית והגיד לכהן לאמר כנגע נראה לי בבית (מצורע יד:לה)

Harav R’ Avraham Mordecahi of Pintchiv zt’’l had three older daughters who needed shidduchim, but he didn’t have money to marry them off nor to provide for their ‘naden’ – dowry.

Every time he traveled to his great Rebbe, the holy Rebbe of Lublin zt’’l, his Rebbetzin used to ask him to ask for a bracha from his Rebbe.  However, when he arrived in Lublin, he would forget his physical hardships and never share his problems with his Rebbe.

When the Rebbetzin realized that it’s high time to receive a bracha from their Rebbe, she decided to join her husband on his next trip to Lublin so that he won’t have a choice and will have to relate his troubles to the Rebbe.

When the holy Chozeh heard about his talmid’s troubles, he exclaimed: “Why didn’t you share until now?” Reb Avraham Mordechai replied: “I thought that the Rebbe knows everything with his Ruach HaKodesh?”

The Rebbe of Lublin told him, “That is not correct.  When a nega – affliction came upon the person it says “אדם כי יהיה בעור בשרו..נגע צרעת והובא אל אהרן הכהן וראה הכהן את הנגע…” ‘when a person receives an affliction on his body, the Kohen will see it alone, but when an affliction comes on the house ובא אשר לו הבית והגיד לכהן לאמר כנגע נראה לי בבית  – one has to come and relate to the Kohen about the calamity that befell in his home.  A tzaddik can only see things about the person himself, but the things needed in the home, one needs to relate to the tzaddik.’

The Rebbe of Lublin then gave him advice and a bracha, and R’ Avraham Mordechai merited salvation soon after.