Friday noon
He told them that , having left the wagon half-way to Tchernigof , he had walked the rest of the distance , reaching his destination that very morning at eleven o'clock . The holy man , being advised by mysterious power of his expected arrival , awaited him at the door and said : `` Itzig , thou hast come about a sick boy at Kief . '' The _ bal-shem _ then gave him a parchment already written , and told him to return home at once and apply the remedy before _ Shabbes _ , otherwise the spell would lose its efficacy . `` Then , '' continued the messenger , `` I said , ` Rabbi , this is Friday noon ; it takes almost a day and a half to reach Kief . How can I get there by _ Shabbes _ ? ' Then he answered , ` Thinkest thou that I possess the power to cure a dying man and not to send thee home before the Sabbath ? Begin thy journey at once and on foot and thou shalt be in Kief before night . '