At a question and answer session, a newcomer asked R’ Shlomo Freifeld zt”l a question.

“What is yiras Shamayim?”

Reb Shlomo silently pondered the question, clearly marveling at the fact that a young man with several generations of pure southern blood in his veins was shedding the American dream in his quest for truth.  Then, speaking slowly and deliberately, he remarked in obvious wonder, “Yossie Loeb from Montgomery, Alabama, want to know what yiras Shamayim is!”