Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, a shliach in Morocco, visited the Rebbe for the first time during Sukkos, 5715 (1954). At yechidus the Rebbe inquired into many details of the shlichus, and asked how Rabbi Matusof and his family had adjusted to life in that country.

“Do you have pictures of your children?” he asked.

Rabbi Matusof had several photos in his wallet. The Rebbe looked them over intently, but instead of returning them, he left them on his table. Although somewhat surprised, Rabbi Matusof did not ask for them back.

Now, a few years earlier, while living in Poking the camp for displaced persons which housed many Chabad families after World War II Rabbi Matusof had become acquainted with the Rebbe’s mother, Rebbitzin Chanah.

A day or so after the Sukkos yechidus, Rabbi Binyamin Gorodetsky, the Rebbe’s chief representative in Europe and North Africa, asked Rabbi Matusof if he would like to visit Rebbitzin Chanah. Rabbi Matusof happily consented.

Rebbitzin Chanah greeted Rabbi Matusof warmly. “You have charming children,” she told him, explaining that the Rebbe had shown her the pictures that Rabbi Matusof had left with him at yechidus.