One of the unique dimensions of yechidus, a private meeting with the Rebbe, is the Rebbe’s ability to find an answer which satisfies the person asking the question. For example, although he had maintained an interest in Chabad activities for an extended time, one of the young men in contact with Rabbi Berl Shemtov, the shaliach in Detroit, would not agree to put on tefillin. “I am a thorough person,” he explained, “and I don’t feel ready to make a commitment which must be fulfilled every day without any possibility for a break.”

Rabbi Shemtov convinced him to visit the Rebbe for a yechidus. When he emerged from the Rebbe’s study, he told his friends that he had decided to put on tefillin every day. “But what about your hesitation to commit yourself on a daily basis?”

“The Rebbe resolved that for me,” said the young man with a smile. “He told me that there was always one day a week Shabbos when I would not be required to perform this mitzvah.”