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== "The Karalevitz Suggestion is Correct" ==
Reb Mendel traveled to his mother's home in Kharkov and began arranging shidduchim for his two older sisters, aiming to match them with the finest among the Temimim. His efforts were successful, and shortly after, his eldest sister married Rav Ben Zion Shem Tov, and his younger sister married Rav Yehoshua Shneur Zalman Serebransky.

During this period, respectable shidduchim were suggested for him as well. He compiled several proposals and reported them to the Frierdiker Rebbe, who was then in Poland, requesting his guidance and bracha. The Rebbe's response was: "The Karalevitz suggestion is correct" - referring to Rav Ben Zion Robinson, who lived in Karalevitz and had suggested his daughter to Reb Mendel.

He therefore traveled to Karalevitz, arriving before Shabbos Kodesh. After davening, he participated in a farbrengen where he took mashke liberally, resulting in him falling under the table and falling asleep. When he awoke, still under the table, it was after midnight on Motzei Shabbos, and he suddenly heard Reb Ben Zion telling his wife: "It seems this bochur is an 'emesdiker chassidisher bochur' (a true chassidic young man), for he came 'to be seen,' and nevertheless took mashke, farbrenged, and is now where he is... This is a sign that he is a true chassidic bochur. We must make every effort to have him stay here and complete the shidduch with us."

Indeed, the shidduch came to fruition in a good and successful hour, and the wedding took place in the kallah's town on Tuesday, 10 Tammuz 1933.