Rabbi Yissachar Frand related the following story about Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik:
When the Rav was getting older he needed a student to serve as his personal aide in his apartment. One evening, after taking care of the Rav, the student said:
-- I have to leave now. I am going out on a date.
The Rav saw that his aide was wearing sneakers, and said:
-- Don’t wear sneakers on a date. I think you should wear dress shoes on a date.
The student responded, without thinking:
-- I am wearing white socks and I cannot wear dress shoes with white socks.
The student immediately realized that the Rav always wore white socks with black dress shoes. He was very embarrassed that he just said this to the Rav.
The Rav offered that he could borrow any pair of black socks or blue socks in his drawer. When the student heard this, he asked why the Rav wears white socks instead of blue or black. The Rav explained that the Rebbetzin is ill and it is hard for her to match up the black and blue socks. He makes it easier for her by wearing white for an easy match.
The second lesson is: … Be Considerate to Your Wife
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he also said he questions the validity of the story
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