אות - קעב

I heard in his name: once he gave his old tallis as a gift to one of his close followers. Rabbainu o.b.m. answered and said to this man to whom he gave his tallis: be very careful to honor this tallis — for as many as the number of hairs that are in the tallis, so many tears did I shed until I knew what a tallis is. [Awesome Greatness of His Attainment:]