A Professor in shock

00:01 This was in Otwock. Reb Shimon Pinchas Katz related that a professor named Haffkine came there. He was a professor in England and a famous man in those days. He came to the yeshiva in Otwock and listened to the classes held there: a class in English, a class in Chassidus, and a class in Tanya. [unclear] He wrote on a sheet of paper in the yeshiva office, [unclear] and noted the schedule of classes [unclear]. He was a great man in those days. [unclear] What he did, how he helped [unclear]. Professor Haffkine was one of the great figures of that generation. He was not an observant Jew, but he had a strong connection. In the office he wrote: “I was stunned to hear that I have a part of G-d above, truly.” He had heard a class in Tanya and wrote, “I was stunned to hear.” Imagine that—a great professor, a great man! He could not remain unmoved; he was beside himself: “I was stunned to hear” that I have a soul.