[Avodah] Who First Said it?

[Zev Sero]

David Riceman wrote:

> Also in Sefer M'kor Baruch (I don't own a copy so I can't cite a page, 
> but there's a section in which he mentions discussions he or his father 
> had with TRR [I'd appreciate help with the appropriate acronyms] about 
> TVG).

I believe that book is indeed the origin of this silly story.  But the
rebbe he attributes it to is the Tzemach Tzedek, who was already in the
Next World and unable to personally contradict it.

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