Know! it sometimes happens that a decree is issued against a person, God forbid, which, although he might not see, his guardian angel sees (Megillah 3a). For this reason he wants to hide himself. This is why, occasionally, a person will travel suddenly to someplace distant. This is in order to hide himself. And although he is unaware of this, even so, his soul is aware of this. Therefore, he gets an urge to travel there.
And it sometimes happens that when he arrives there, he becomes particularly well-known. In that event, it can harm him greatly, God forbid. This was the reason for the passing away of a very great tzaddik who suddenly wanted to travel to the Land of Israel. He himself was aware of this—that he had to hide himself. Yet he traveled around the country and there was a great deal of publicity, and so he passed away while on that trip. This recently happened in our times as well. God save us.
דַּע, שֶׁלִּפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁנִּגְזָר עַל הָאָדָם, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, אֵיזֶה גְּזֵרָה, וְאַף־עַל־גַּב דְּאִיהוּ לָא חָזֵי מַזָּלֵהּ חָזֵי (מגילה ג), וּמֵחֲמַת זֶה רוֹצֶה לְהַסְתִּיר אֶת עַצְמוֹ, וּמִזֶּה בָּא שֶׁלִּפְעָמִים פִּתְאֹם הָאָדָם נוֹסֵעַ לְאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם רָחוֹק, זֶהוּ כְּדֵי לְהַסְתִּיר אֶת עַצְמוֹ, וְאַף־עַל־פִּי שֶׁהוּא אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ מִזֶּה, עִם כָּל זֶה הַנֶּפֶשׁ יוֹדַעַת מִזֶּה, עַל־כֵּן בָּא לוֹ רָצוֹן לִנְסֹעַ לְשָׁם.
Know! it sometimes happens that a decree is issued against a person, God forbid, which, although he might not see, his guardian angel sees (Megillah 3a). For this reason he wants to hide himself. This is why, occasionally, a person will travel suddenly to someplace distant. This is in order to hide himself. And although he is unaware of this, even so, his soul is aware of this. Therefore, he gets an urge to travel there.
וְלִפְעָמִים כְּשֶׁבָּא לְשָׁם הוּא נִתְפַּרְסֵם שָׁם בְּיוֹתֵר, וְאָז יוּכַל לְהַזִּיק לוֹ מְאֹד, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וּמִזֶּה הָיָה הִסְתַּלְּקוּת צַדִּיק גָּדוֹל מְאֹד שֶׁפִּתְאֹם רָצָה לִנְסֹעַ לְאֶרֶץ־יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהוּא הָיָה בְּעַצְמוֹ יוֹדֵעַ מִזֶּה שֶׁהָיָה צָרִיךְ לְהַסְתִּיר אֶת עַצְמוֹ, וְנָסַע עַל הַמְּדִינָה וְהָיָה פִּרְסוּם גָּדוֹל, וְנִסְתַּלֵּק בְּאוֹתוֹ הַדֶּרֶךְ, וְכֵן אֵרַע בִּזְמַנֵּנוּ בְּסָמוּךְ, הַשֵּׁם יַצִּילֵנוּ:
And it sometimes happens that when he arrives there, he becomes particularly well-known. In that event, it can harm him greatly, God forbid. This was the reason for the passing away of a very great tzaddik who suddenly wanted to travel to the Land of Israel. He himself was aware of this—that he had to hide himself. Yet he traveled around the country and there was a great deal of publicity, and so he passed away while on that trip. This recently happened in our times as well. God save us.