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עִמּוֹ לָעִיר מָאהְלִיב וְעַל יָדוֹ נִגְמַר הַשִּׁדּוּךְ וְנִשֵּׂאת לוֹ. כִּי אַף-עַל-פִּי שֶׁהָיָה עֲדַיִן בִּימֵי נְעוּרָיו מַמָּשׁ וְכִמְדֻמֶּה שֶׁשָּׁמַעְתִּי שֶׁהָיָה אָז בְּעֶרֶךְ שְׁמוֹנֶה-עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנִים אַף-עַל- פִּי-כֵן נָשְׂאוּ לוֹ פָּנִים קְצָת
(15.) In the year 5567 [1806/7] he traveled to Navoritch, Ostrog, Zaslav, Dubna, and other communities. And he was also in the holy congregation of Brod, and he stayed on this route for approximately half a year. And no person knows what he did on this journey. For he accepted no money on this journey — and also in most of the places he was in, no one knew who he was at all — particularly in Brod, where he entered in great concealment etc. And on this journey his wife passed away in Zaslav, where she had gone to see the doctor. And we were there for the Festival of Shavuos, and after his wife's passing in that summer he arranged a match from Brod. And then the illness of the cough came upon him, and he said immediately that he would pass on. And in the month of Elul he married his second wife.