An Israeli police officer taking a professional training course in America decided to take advantage of his stay in the States in order to meet the Rebbe privately at yechidus. He handed the Rebbe a list of his family members, requesting a blessing for each of them.

After reading the note, the Rebbe asked: “How is your wife’s leg?”

When the police officer simply responded with a blank look, the Rebbe gently reminded him about a letter that his son had written ten years earlier while attending a Lubavitch school.

When the child had been in third grade, the officer’s wife had contracted a serious leg illness. The child’s teacher saw his concern, and suggested that he write a letter to the Rebbe. Soon he received a blessing for a speedy recovery. In due time, his mother’s leg healed.

In the interim, the officer and his family had moved to a different city, the children had grown up, and the officer had forgotten about the illness until now, when he was reminded by the Rebbe.

Later, the officer explained, “I do not know what is more moving to me: the fact that the Rebbe remembered after ten years and many thousands of other letters, or the genuine interest and care the Rebbe expressed for the well-being of another person.”