"When I was a young boy (טליא), I was witness to an incident involving the son of one of the greatest Roshei Yeshiva in the Holy Land. His son was injured in his eye in such a way that, according to the doctors, he had lost his sight completely.
They mentioned him [the case] before His Holiness our master the Rebbe, the Beis Yisrael of blessed memory [Rabbi Yisrael Alter of Gur, known as the Beis Yisrael], and he gave his promise of 'a great light' [full healing]. And so it was — the son was healed.
He [the son] became close within the inner sanctum [of the Rebbe's court]; he [the Rebbe] invested great efforts in him and elevated him in the levels of Torah and fear of Heaven [yirah].
Years later, His Holiness our master the Rebbe, the Lev Simcha of blessed memory [Rabbi Simcha Bunim Alter of Gur, successor to the Beis Yisrael], met the father of the boy — who used to come and go in the house of His Holiness our master the Rebbe the Beis Yisrael of blessed memory, even though he was not counted among the chassidim — and asked him the reason for this [his regular presence].
He [the father] replied about the miracle he had witnessed with the return of his son's eyesight, and about how he [the Rebbe] had elevated his son in the levels of Torah and fear of Heaven.
Then His Holiness our master the Rebbe [the Lev Simcha] said to him: Know that the matter of the miracle with the eye — that is something minor ('מה בכך', a trivial thing). The main miracle is this: that he elevated him in the levels of Torah and fear of Heaven. For this is the purpose and the true greatness of the miracles performed through the tzaddikim."
