Wandering
Sefer Hamidos - The Book of Traits · 5 individual teachings
עַל־יְדֵי הַטִּלְטוּל זוֹכִין לְשֵׁם טוֹב.
1. Through wandering, one merits a good name.
עַל־פִּי רֹב הַיְרֵאִים – פַּרְנָסָתָם בָּא עַל־יְדֵי טִלְטוּלִים.
2. For the most part, the G-d fearing – their livelihood comes through having to go from place to place.
לִפְעָמִים הַצַּדִּיק בָּא לְטִלְטוּלִים, כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּבוֹא לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא וְיִזְכֹּר כָּל הַמְּקוֹמוֹת שֶׁהָיָה בָּהֶם, וְעַל־יְדֵי זֶה יָבוֹאוּ טוֹבוֹת לְאֵלּוּ הַמְּקוֹמוֹת.
3. Sometimes the Tzaddik comes to wander, so that when he comes to the World to Come, he will remember all the places he had been, and through this, good will come to those places.
בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא מְסַבֵּב סִבּוּבִים, שֶׁיֵּצֵא זֶה הָאָדָם מִמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה לְמָקוֹם אַחֵר.
4. Not in every place does a person merit to have fortunate attainment of Torah and good deeds. For this reason, the Holy One Blessed He brings about circumstances causing the person to leave one place and go to another.
לִפְעָמִים נִתְחַיֵּב אָדָם אֵיזֶהוּ גָּלוּת וְנִתְחַלֵּף לוֹ עַל אֵיזֶהוּ חוֹלַאַת.
5. Sometimes a person is obliged to suffer exile, and it is switched for him to some sickness.
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