Gefen: The Chofetz Chaim was on his way to a city to speak and he met a fellow Jew on the train. he asked the other fellow why he was traveling. The guy said that he was going to hear the holy Chofetz Chaim and he continued to praise the Chofetz Chaim. This made the Chofetz Chaim uncomfortable so he put himself down. The other guy got very upset at this seeming breach of Kavod for the Chofetz Chaim so he hit the Chofetz Chaim and the Chofetz Chaim was forced to deliver his Drasha with a black eye. That’s the story they tell, anyway. I’m sure a more accurate version is written down somewhere, possibly in the Sefer Chofetz Chaim itself.
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