אות - ריד

I heard in his name that he said: When a person asks the Tzadik whether to do something involving self-sacrifice for the sake of Hashem Yisburach, it is fitting for him to answer and instruct him not to do it. Yet even so the one who asked need not fulfill his words.[395] So I heard in his name. I also heard regarding another matter: Everything the Tzadik commands one to do — one must fulfill. Only when he commands not to travel to him on Rosh HaShanah — this one need not fulfill.[396] On the eve of Rosh HaShanah it is fitting to give for a redemption [pidyon]. 395. RAK: See Yemei Moharnat 27. 396. RAK: See Pesachim 86a; Zohar III, 244; Magen Avraham 170:10.