Perhaps one can describe it as the ultimate PBA card. 

A PBA card is a card that police officers in the United States give their friends and relatives to hand to other officers to help avoid getting a ticket.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

But one driver in Jerusalem had a passenger that worked better than a PBA card.

While driving on Rechov Yechezkel in Jerusalem, the driver noticed an extraordinary amount of traffic – even for Jerusalem.  Worried about his passenger’s time, he quickly slipped into the “buses only” lane and re-entered traffic after the light.  His actions were noted by a Jerusalem police officer.

The officer pulled him over and wrote him up with a big ticket, that is, until he noticed that the driver’s passenger was none other than the Rachmastrivka Rebbe of Jerusalem.  When he noticed the passenger, the police officer ripped up the ticket. 

The rebbe in Jerusalem is a nephew of the one in Borough Park, since the previous rebbe in Israel died in 2004, and his son took over his mantle of leadership in Israel.

Rachmastrivka is a Hasidic dynasty named after a town in Ukraine. It is an offshoot of the Chernobyl dynasty dating back to the 19th century. The founder of the dynasty, Rebbe Yochanan Twersky, was known for his complete humility. There are two Rebbes of the dynasty – one in the United States and one in Jerusalem.  The Rebbe in the United States  is the uncle of the Rebbe in Jerusalem. 

Rachmastrivka Hassidus is one of the larger Hasidic groups in Israel.  The two rebbes have a very close relationship with no tension between them., something that is, unfortunately, no longer that common.

The police officer, however, didn’t stop at merely ripping up the ticket.  He wanted more.  He asked the Rebbe to give him a bracha. 

The Rebbe complied.