"The Rebbe must know something we do not," whispered disciples of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. "Perhaps he sees a terrible calamity decreed for the coming year, G-d forbid."
And then came the startling announcement: this year, the Rebbe was insisting on a donation of two groschen for each individual on the list of people whom the Rebbe will pray for to be inscribed in the book of the living. Two groschen per name--no exceptions.