ושם אתנו נער עברי עבד (מקץ מא:יב)

Rashi says: “ארורים הרשעים שאין טובתם שלימה” – cursed are the wicked whose good deeds are lacking since he mentioned Yoself’s name by belittling him as being of inferior origins and his status as being a slave.

When Maran Reb Aharon of Belz zt”l was in Budapest (Hungary), the Yomim Tovim tefillos (prayers) were arranged to be conducted at the local Jewish school, where there was enough space to accommodate the huge crowd that was streaming from near and far to be with the holy Tzaddik.  Before Sukkos, the Chassidim started building a Sukkah in the schoolyard, but the school’s administration stopped them because they claimed they needed the backyard right after Sukkos. Although the Chassidim argued that they would remove the Sukkah right after Yom Tov, the administration refused.

The community activists told Reb Aharon about the situation, and he was greatly distressed. When his shamash (personal assistant), Reb Shmiel Porges z”l, saw how aggravated Maran Reb Aharon was, he exclaimed, “ארורים הרשעים שאין טובתם שלימה.”

When Maran heard Reb Shmiel’s declaration, he shuddered and told Reb Shmiel to repeat three times the words “טובתם שלימה” – their good deeds are without a blemish.  This incident occurred while Maran was about to drink his morning coffee. Maran told Reb Shmiel to discard his coffee, saying: “A coffee that heard evil spoken about a fellow Yid, cannot be used”.

Later that day in the evening, when it was well past midnight, the administration finally permitted the sukkah to be erected in the schoolyard on condition that it be dismantled immediately after Yom Tov. Maran was delighted by the news and, despite the late hour, summoned his gabbai Reb Shmiel and said, “I told you טובתם שלימה – there will be a good outcome!”