Students of Heifetz’s masterclass recall him as a passionate and strict teacher – there was a constant strain in his classroom. Heifetz punished his students for the uncompleted homework and rough mistakes with fines of one quarter – the money collected was allocated for purchasing new strings. Notwithstanding his harsh style of teaching, the seldom smiling maestro was sincere and sensitive to the various problems of his students, frequently helping them out in their daily lives. In the beginning of the 1970s the violinist suffered an injury and could no longer lift his bow as high as before. His student Aike Agus (b. 1949), who has accompanied Heifetz and spent a lot of time in his company, remembers that the injury also bestowed a feeling of relief to the violinist – he then had a serious reason to conclude his impressive but also stressful career. Once talking about his students, the famous Auer forgot to mention Heifetz. When a journalist inquired “what about Heifetz?”, Auer replied – “Jascha? He is not my student. He is a student of the God”. Indeed, the name of Heifetz had become a measure of an exceptional quality, and he himself had been called “Violinist of the God”.