מאת כל איש אשר ידבנו לבו (תרומה כה:ב)

A wealthy Gustininer Chassid, known for being extremely miserly, once honored Harav R’ Yechiel Meir of Gustinin zt’’l by inviting him to serve as Sandak at a bris.

When the Rebbe sat on Eliyahu’s chair, a spit bowl was placed nearby. Smiling, the Rebbe called over the chassid and said: “I collect money for tzedakah, and often when I enter a simple Yid’s home, he doesn’t ask questions — he hands me a donation, and I leave. Sometimes I just need to spit, so I spit and move on. But when I enter the home of a wealthy person, he immediately begins questioning me: Which cause is this for? Why this amount? While he’s arguing, he’s nervously wondering if I’ll need to spit — because it’s not proper to spit on a wealthy person’s floor. That’s why a spit bowl is placed nearby. You see, many times I need to spit right before the faces of wealthy people like you!”