A Rebbe Dollar : 20 Years in the Making
An American Jew, just before moving to Israel, went to the Lubavitcher Rebbe for a blessing. The Rebbe blessed him and handed him two dollar bills.
The man was puzzled and took the dollars.
Twenty Years… in a Wallet
When he landed in Israel, he considered giving the dollar to the driver who took his family from the airport to the absorption center. But the driver was frantic and impatient, and the man felt intuitively that this wasn’t the “one.”
Years turned into decades and for twenty years, that dollar remained in his wallet.
The Taxi Ride That Changed Everything
Recently, this same man—now a long-time Israeli resident—took a taxi in the center of the country. He noticed the driver wasn’t wearing a kippah, but there was a Book of Psalms on the dashboard and a picture of the Rebbe tucked near the gearshift.
They began to talk. The driver shared that over the last few months, he had been exploring his roots and returning to Torah through a local Chabad center. Suddenly, the passenger remembered the dollar. He realized this was the moment.
“Let’s See Him Send You a Dollar Today!”
The driver slammed on the brakes. The taxi screeched to a halt. He turned to the stunned passenger, his voice trembling with emotion:
“Do you have any idea what you just did?” Ever since I started this journey back to my faith, it’s been very hard for my wife. She doesn’t understand it at all.
This morning, she was so upset she yelled at me:
The passenger sat in silence, finally understanding exactly which “taxi driver” the Rebbe had in mind… twenty years before.
The Rebbe’s vision transcends time and space. A small act of kindness or a blessing given today might be the miracle someone else is praying for decades from now.
You can still receive the Rebbe’s blessing today—just keep your heart open.
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