קג

Afterward he commanded me to carry him from the chair to his bed. And I took him and carried him. And he zichrono livracha — his head and most of his body rested upon me, and his feet touched the ground only slightly. And he was borne upon me until I brought him to his bed — which was not far from the chair. And when I brought him to the bed I took hold of him, raised him, and laid him on the bed. He answered and said: "Slowly, slowly" (in the Ashkenazic tongue: "Pavale, pavale"). And so I did — and laid him on his bed softly and gently. And I was puzzled at the fact that he had needed to warn me about this. He answered and said: "I am heavy now — therefore I warned you about this." (For a person near death is heavy — because the life-force is beginning to withdraw from him.) And in all of this he hinted to me that he was very close to his passing. And I did not hear any of this at all — as mentioned. And he lay on the bed. And then he looked at me very greatly as mentioned above.