The License Plate Prophetess

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During the very brief trip to NY the ohel was one of our stops. We took a taxi there and planed to hitch a ride back to Crown Heights. Getting there was fine but getting back took a bit longer than expected. Sitting on the side of the road in front of the ohel we inquired Jew after Jew and is seemed that no one was going to CH that day. Finally a nice lady walked past us and said “Crown Heights? Yes! Come with me!”

We got in the car, explained our business there, she wished my brother a mazel tov and we were on our way. Some small talk was made to become acquainted and I was soon listening to quite an interesting series of stories. What I learned was that this lady had a unique connection with G-d—through license plates.

She explained to us that once in a while she would see a vanity plate, and it would be just the right message at just the right time. The messages and the timing are always so perfect she told us, that it had to be hashgacha pratis. The first notable plate she had seen was when she was having a terrible day. “I was driving and just feeling awful. I was just feeling like this when in front of me a car drove up an its license plate said ‘SMILETOME’ right then and there I couldn’t help but smile, I began to laugh oh goodness. Since then I’ve kept a list of them and each one has its own story.” She showed us this list. It was 39 plates long and one bumper sticker. Many of them were just the right plate at just the right time;

ARYE- a friend of hers had been having some trouble with her son. Whenever she saw a notable plate she would call her friend and tell her to keep her spirits up. Arye is the name of her friend’s son.

LUVMORE- She was having a bad day with her husband and was feeling quite angry with him after exchanging some heated words. Almost immediately she saw this plate.

JUST B U- people were always telling her she needs to be mellower and whatnot. Then she saw this plate.

RU N 4FUN- happened to be the same moment she was going on a trip with the family.

4GETABTIT- another bad day made better by this plate which appeared right when she was feeling down.

GO 2 770- this one is my favorite. On her way out to work it was the first plate she saw. Of course she couldn’t go to 770 at that moment because she had to go to work but she promised she would go as soon as she got off. Later in the day when she got out she went straight to 770. Lo and behold there was a little girl wailing and crying because she couldn’t find her mother. She went over to the little girl calmed her down and said “No problem. We’re gonna go to my house get you something to eat and find your mother. Everything’s going to be fine.” This calmed the girl down and eased things immensely. Eventually the girl’s mother came and all was well. All because she came to 770 at that exact moment.

There were many more (we went through the entire list) and I began to think that with this woman driving, I was bound to see my own divinely inspired vanity plate. In no time a car turned in front of us that read, ASKDLORD.