Trach nit tzu fil. That was always your biggest problem

SL Aronovitz AKA Mishlei Shlomo writes:

I remember a photo of Rav Y.Y. Schneersohn OBM in which he was laughing open-mouthed with eyes wide from joy, and I have always imagined that this is the kind of face a Jew should wear as his levush. (If you know someone who has this photo, have him/her send it to me.)

Here is the photo:

UPDATE: Schneur writes: Barry was given a leica camera by his grandfather in Warsaw. It was brought to America in 1940. Photography was his hobby. Barry told me that the Rayaatz was his favorite subject. What provoked the laughter was the previous shot in this series the one made famous by Kehot in many of its early publications with the Rebbe staring angerily at the camera in a stern ultra serious Varmeyachte maanner. After this poset he rayaatz "cracked up" My father A"h descrbed the Rayaazt in a yechidus in Postov and later in Vilna (both in the 1930's) as being very stern and serious in both demeanor and speech. He said the Rebbe swas dressed very well as an aristocrat witha pocket watch, vest etc. But he obviously had a sense of humor too.