Once an active member of the Lubavitch community fell ill and was admitted to hospital to await surgery. His ailment was painful, but he was even more uncomfortable at the thought of the operation, and uneasy with his confinement.

The Rebbe asked Rabbi Groner several times to ask the family how the man was doing. The Rebbe’s concern was directed more to the patient’s state of mind than his physical condition.

A few weeks after he had been confined, the man’s daughter had yechidus. The Rebbe asked about her father.

“I hear that he is depressed,” said the Rebbe. “Where is his bitachon (faith)? Here are two dollars, one for him and one for him to give another Jew in the hospital. When he sets out to teach another Jew about Yiddishkeit and raise the other man’s spirits, this will automatically have a positive effect on him.”