 I bear self-witness, Heaven and Earth, that I did not take enjoyment from this world even as much as a slender thread.As for my behaving with overt leadership and pomp, this was all done to honor the Holy One, Blessed is He".His gravesite, which eventually became the burial place of two of his sons, Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura and Dov Ber of Leova, as well as other family members, became a shrine for Ruzhiner Hasidim.