It's A Miracle!
A certain tzaddik of Lithuania, a chassidic rabbi with a wide reputation
as
a wonder-worker, was in his study when the door burst open and the shammes
rushed in, his eyes alight with holy fervor. "Rabbi! Rabbi!" he shouted,
wildly excited. "A terribly crippled man just came into the synagogue. The
moment he approached the bimah and laid his hand on the Torah he threw his
crutches away! I myself saw the whole thing!"
The rabbi jumped up from his chair and raised his arms heavenward. "It is
indeed a miracle from Heaven!" he cried, his face aglow with spiritual
rapture. "Tell me quickly, where is the man now?"
"He's lying in the aisle," answered the shammes. "The poor man fell on his
tuchus!"