Shivchei HaRan 4

גַּם בִּימֵי קַטְנוּתוֹ, הִתְחִיל לְהַתְמִיד מְאֹד מְאֹד בְּלִמּוּדוֹ, וְהָיָה מְשַׁלֵּם לְהַמְלַמֵּד מִכִּיסוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה גְּדוֹלִים [סוג מטבע] בְּעַד כָּל דַּף גְּמָרָא שֶׁהָיָה לוֹמֵד עִמּוֹ, מִלְּבַד הַשְּׂכַר לִמּוּד שֶׁהָיָה אָבִיו מְשַׁלֵּם לְהַמְלַמֵּד, הָיָה הוּא בְּעַצְמוֹ ז"ל נוֹתֵן לְהַמְלַמֵּד מִשֶּׁלּוֹ שְׁלשָׁה גְּדוֹלִים בְּעַד כָּל דַּף וָדַף, כְּדֵי שֶׁהַמְלַמֵּד יַכְרִיחַ עַצְמוֹ לִלְמֹד עִמּוֹ הַרְבֵּה דַּפִּין גְּמָרָא בְּכָל יוֹם. וְכֵן הָיָה, שֶׁהָיָה הַמְלַמֵּד לוֹמֵד עִמּוֹ כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה דַּפִּין בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם וְהוּא הָיָה מְשַׁלֵּם לוֹ כַּנַּ"ל ג' גְּדוֹלִים בְּעַד כָּל דַּף וָדַף מִלְּבַד הַשְַּׂכר־לִמּוּד. While still a child, the Rebbe began to devote every possible moment to his sacred studies. He would pay his tutor three silver coins⁷In Hebrew, gedolim, meaning large coins. out of his own pocket for each page of Gemara⁸The second part of the Talmud, completed in the year 505 C.E. by Mar bar Rav Ashi and Meremar in Babylonia. Gemara is the main curriculum of a Jewish scholar. taught. This was in addition to the regular tuition paid by his father. The Rebbe would add his own bonus for each page so his tutor would exert himself to teach him many pages each day. The Rebbe’s plan succeeded and his tutor taught him a considerable amount every day, collecting his three extra coins for each page.