The Car - Part 4: Segulos

00:01 Behemeshich, in continuation to the earlier installments regarding the topic of the car, we continue now with installment number four, discussing various zgulos that the Rebbe advised people what they should keep in the car for a safe trip and hatsolacha b'chlal. In one tettel in Tov Shin Lamed He, nineteen seventy-five, the Rebbe wrote to an individual that kedai, it is noteworthy that he should have in his car in the appropriate place a sidder, a tilim, a tanya, and also a tzadakipushka. And the Rebbe concludes, ukedai lefarsem, that it is worthwhile to publicize it. In response to a person who was scared of flying, the Rebbe responded, "He should have a tilim with him and a tanya." And the Rebbe adds in parentheses, tanya is the same asius as ason, which means strong, uki posut, a kosher talis cotton. In response to individuals who had an accident in the past and they inquired of the Rebbe what they should add, to one individual who already had a chitas in the car, the Rebbe responded that in addition to the chitas, he should also learn in the car a few lines of tanya before the trip. During Dallas in Tov Shin Nun Alef, nineteen ninety-one, the Rebbe mentioned to someone who also had an experience of an accident, they should have kama sifri kedish, many sacred svarim, and also a tzadakipushka. To another person, the Rebbe wrote in Chavdimu Malacha Mov, Tov Shin Tazayen, that's the twenty-third of Av, nineteen fifty-six, that mehanochen, it would be appropriate that

02:16 in the future you should have in the car a sidder, a tilim, and a tanya. Umatev, in addition, it would also be advisable to have booklets in regards to Yiddishkeit in the language of the country. In other words, if it's in the United States, it's in English, in other countries according to their language. And while he's traveling, and he'll have an occasion of meeting people, so he should introduce them to the contents of these booklets. And when he stops for a while, he should say a kapitel tilim or learn a few lines from the above-mentioned svarim, and the mele then his trips will become a shlichos of mitzvah. And as it is known, what Teires Chaim tells us, that a shlichach mitzvah is protected when he goes and when he comes. This is on his way there and on his way when he returns. We'll now discuss various preparations, how a person prepares for the trip. The Rebbe advised people privately. One of the inyonim that the Rebbe mentioned was to a shlichach, this was Rav Leibo Kaplan, alav hashalim, shlichach and shvas. The Rebbe advised, this was in Tov Shin Lamed Giml, nineteen seventy-three, that when one packs his stuff in a suitcase, he should first pack the talis and fil. He can then take it out, but he should begin the packing with the talis and fil. In regards to timing, there were occasions that people travel, they traveled in the three weeks. So the Rebbe in a yechidas, Yud Gimel Tammuz Tov

04:15 Shin Mem, nineteen eighty, advised a person who needed to travel on the seventeenth of Tammuz, the beginning of the three weeks, that kedai venochen, it's worthwhile and appropriate that the solid preparations for the trip should take place before in order to stress that the trip began before Sheva Sebed Tammuz. In Tov Shin Chaf He, nineteen sixty-five, by the fabregen, the Rebbe told someone who was traveling in the three weeks to stress that the preparation should be done before the three weeks to at least pack a suitcase or even some minor things. The Rebbe once told Rab Zalman Yaffa, this was in Tov Shin Lamed Alef, nineteen seventy-four, that it's mentioned in Svarim that it's his zgula to say Kiddush Levana before the trip. This is when there is an occasion that we say Kiddush Levana, so a person should connect it that this should be an introduction to the trip. There were also occasions of people who needed to leave. One of them was actually in a situation that he didn't know what to expect when he gets to his place. There was a certain issue that took place, and the Rebbe told him to stand near him by Kiddush Levana. There is a vort from the Fridyker Rebbe, and it's a vort which is, uh, the Rebbe mentioned it, vort that the Rebbe mentioned quite a few times, that we do not bid farewell twice. There was a person who bid farewell to the Rebbe, and then a week later, they wanted to go

06:12 into yechidas right before the trip. The Rebbe says there's a vort from the previous Rebbe, she'ein leiparet pamayim, that we don't bid farewell twice. It's mentioned in Teires Menachem, Chelek Lamed Ches, Omud three thirty-eight, and also in Shulchan Menachem, Chelek Alef, Omud Shin Nun Zayin, and it's also in the Skasros Tov Lamed Ches, Omud thirteen. Im yirtza Hashem, in the next installment, we will discuss the inyan of Shlichas Mitzvah and additional inyonim when a person sees another person leaving.