The Rebbe’s Amazing Teach on This Week’s Parsha

Achrie Mois 5751

1. Together with our daily anticipation of redemption – it is appropriate to explain what exactly is the essence of redemption? – hence making our preparation and anticipation easier.
2. The essence of everything is expressed in its name, which also refers to Geulah – redemption.
3. Now we find something extraordinary, that the word Geulah contains within it the word Gola (exile!)
4. Furthermore the first letter indicating the essence of the word, in both is Gimmel.
5. The reason for this is that Golah (our world today) is not bad – rather Geulah merely transforms the very same world, out of its exile mentality, to a mentality of truth.
6. Redemption will not only occur to the Jewish people as whole, it will occur both to the whole and to each individual, not only to the Jewish people, but to all people, not only to all people but to each individual, and not only to each individual, to everything.
7. Redemption is revealing the deeper reason, intent, purpose, raison detre of everyone and everything.
8. This is why the word for redemption (geulah) is made from the word Gola (exile) with an Alef – for the entire idea of redemption is not a different world, rather, as through God, we elevate all, in ours.
9. This can be deduced in a Mishna in this week’s Pirkei Avos that says “Look at three things and you shan’t come to sin” – why does it use the word three? (In any event it is about to enumerate them) the answer is a Jew must realize, that this world is not only made up of He and God… (say spirituality…) rather there is also a world, – and the task of the Jew is to elevate the world.
10. Furthermore, this is why God sent the soul, a perfect spark of God, from the highest heights to the lowest depths – contrary to the Divine compassionate trait (of benevolence, ) for the elevation of the world – transforming into a Divine space – introducing within us/it, God; which reaches God’s essence, is the entire purpose – achieving a level where sin (evil) is not even possible.
11. This concept (that redemption is this world, but within it, its Divinity) was seen by the Cohen Gadol who once a year would go into the Holy Of Holies – the Holy Of Holies was a location wherein God resided – so it was time / space in this world, with Divinity.
12. Furthermore one wonders, why did the Cohanim – particularly the Cohen Gadol have to where special clothing – after all this was a spiritual service – the answer is, the revelation of God is not something beyond our reality, but expresses itself in beauty, in all positive manners.
13. In truth the Cohen Gadol was allowed to enter the Holy Of Holies at any time – he just needed to be at the right standing – in fact, this was his true location.
14. Every single Jew is called a Kingdom of Priests, hence when Moshiach comes and we will have refined the physical and we will all have the spiritual standing of the High Priest, we all will be allowed to enter – in fact this is our true location – the Holy of Holies, at any time.
15. Furthermore as the verse (and Medrash teaches) “Your Holiness (the Jewish people) mirrors mine.”
16. The practical lesson is, a Jew must know that His soul is sourced as a letter in the Torah, that his essence is God – together with this, that he adheres to the Torah/God, he separates himself not form the world, rather he influences it – to the extent that even the gentiles seek to assist.
17. We now have an answer to the question – for some open people wonder – when Moshiach soon comes, what will be… – with all their business, acquaintances, all they have amassed etc. the answer is Moshiach is not here to replace, rather to elevate – hence everything that was done for the sake of God, will only be enhanced.
18. The lesson is, that we should use our existing business, acquaintance, structures, for God, influencing people to Torah and Mitvos, as well as Gentiles to the seven Noahide code.
19. Based on the above, that not only are we to influence gentiles but they will assist – we see how today right before Moshiach this is much clearer – in the past, most Jews lived in locales (countries) that made it very difficult – whereas today, most Jews, including in that country (which was very cruel) live in countries that assist Jews – in the future when Moshaich comes, as the prophecy foretells, “They will carry your brothers on their shoulders to bring them back to Israel!”
20.    We see so clearly how the world is anticipating redemption, in how gentiles – though this has always been a Jewish practice – are increasing in their charitable and educational drives – for example (this was during the unfortunate floods in an African country… ) though in the past gentile nations were focused (almost) exclusively on their own good, and in terms of other countries, dealt both harshly or wanted territory (made war etc.) today this country built on the foundation and principle of charity and benevolence, sent her army with food and clothing (though without any direct benefit) to assist these unfortunate victims.
21. Furthermore, this President announced that he wishes to be remembered as the “Education President” for the positive change to education he will implement.
22. The practical lesson of all of the above is we all must do whatever we can do bring redemption through placing Alef / God within everything, making our generation the final of exile and the first of redemption.
23. Furthermore we must focus our studies on increasing the study of what the Torah, prophets, Gemarah etc. teach us, regarding the coming of Moshiach.