Rav Dovid Feinstein's Gray Suit and a Shidduch
A girl doubted a fine young man because he wore a gray suit, until she learned the man in gray who visited her sick relative was Rav Dovid Feinstein.
Much has been said about Rav Dovid’s humility. He never adopted the frock and long coats of roshei yeshiva many years his junior. A good friend of mine was dating seriously. The girl knew that my friend had middos tovos and the requisite Torah knowledge. However, it seemed to her that a proper ben Torah wears only black and white, while my friend inexplicably wore a grey suit! The girl had a relative who was hospitalized, and a nice man came to do bikur cholim. She asked one of her relatives, “Who was that man in the dark gray suit and black straw hat?” She was told it was none other than Rav Dovid Feinstein. Needless to say, my friend shortly after became engaged.