Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated by Sholom B. Wineberg

The explanation of the concept (— that the revelations of the Era of the Redemption are dependent on our Divine service in the era of exile —) can be understood from [a comparison to] the descent of the soul into the body, which is a descent for the sake ...

The new spiritual state that will characterize the era of Mashiach is described by the verse: Yeshayahu 40:5. See the Kli Yakar, loc. cit., which states that: “the consummate perfection of Mashiach [is described by the verse]: ‘And the glory of G‑d will b...

The above concepts can be connected to the verse: Tehillim 54:9. According to the custom of reciting the kapitl of Tehillim that corresponds to the years of one’s life (see the letter of the Rebbe Rayatz printed in Kovetz Tehillim and in his Igros Kodesh,...

To explain the parallel in our Divine service:The concepts in this section of the maamar are based on the maamar entitled VaYehi HaAnan, the series of maamarim entitled BeShaah SheHikidimu, 5672, Vol. 2, p. 934ff. (That maamar continues the conceptual dev...

The [ultimate] resolution of the above question is that through our Divine service alluded to in the verse: “And you shall serve G‑d your L‑rd,” we transform darkness into light. As implied by the verse,Shmos 14:20. “It illuminated the night,” the [darkne...

On the surface, [in resolution,] it could be explainedThe Rebbe is offering a suggestion that he will later reject. that the revelation of the infinite dimension of Or Ein Sof within [our] world [characterized by concealment and limitation] is possible be...

Explanation is, however, necessary:The conceptual development that follows is borrowed from the maamar entitled Matzah Zu (the series of maamarim entitled BeShaah SheHikidimu, 5672, Vol. II, p. 926ff.). How can there possibly be a revelation of the name H...

“The glory of G‑d will be revealed and all flesh will see as one that the mouth of G‑d has spoken.” Yeshayahu 40:5. In the Ultimate Future, after Mashiach’s coming, among the new developments that will [characterize] that era will be the revelation of “th...

“I am My Beloved’s” Our Rabbis Avudraham, Seder Rosh HaShanah, ch. 1; Reishis Chochmah, Shaar HaTeshuvah, ch. 4. note that the name “Elul” is an acronym for the Biblical phrase,Shir HaShirim 6:3. אני לדודי ודודי לי — “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is m...

Section 1 The first letters of the words of the verse, Shir HaShirim 6:3. אני לדודי ודודי לי — “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine,” spell out the name אלול — Elul.Avudraham, The Order of the Prayers of Rosh HaShanah, ch. 1; Pri Etz Chayim, Shaar Ro...