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IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER Mrs. Zlata Zelda (Lucille) bas Reb Yaakov v"g Hazan yhiee`aeil Ð miciq gd xve` Ð 'ixtq Passed away on 18 Tamuz, 5768 ________________________________________________ /v /c /m /b /, ________________________________________________ * DEDICATED BY HER CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN uhjha * * * LIKKUTEI IN LOVING MEMORY OF zegiy ihewl Mrs. Bracha Leah Chava bas Reb Shmuel vWg Finkelstein Passed away, on 18 Tamuz, 5773 /v /c /m /b /, SICHOS * zyecw ceakn DEDICATED BY HER FRIENDS vbhhj, at Congregation Levi Yitzchok, Los Angeles, California AN lcprnANTHOLOGY mgpn x"enc` OF TALKS * * * od`qxe`ipy IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR FATHER AND GRANDFATHER מליובאוויטש Reb Yechiel (Edward) ben Reb Chaim v"g Grayson Passed away on 19 Tamuz, 5767 byb the /v /c /m /b /, Lubavitcher Rebbe * jzelrda DEDICATED BY Rabbi Menachemglya M. 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Los Angeles, CA 90036 Tel.: (323) 934-7095 * Fax: (323) 934-7092 http://www.torah4blind.org e-mail: [email protected] Rabbi Yosef Y. Shagalov, Executive Director Printed in the U.S.A. 2 BESURAS HAGEULO BALAK Translating the above into practical terms. Despite the "uproar" associated with this matter in recent times within this year, the year of "I shall show him wonders," and after witnessing the wonders which testify that this is "The year that the King Moshiach will be revealed," we see how difficult it is to inculcate the awareness and the feeling that we are literally LIKKUTEI standing on the threshold of the Messianic Era, to the point that one begins to "thrive" on matters of Moshiach and Redemption... SICHOS The solution to this dilemma is Torah study concerning Moshiach and Redemption. For Torah - which is G-d's wisdom, and AN ANTHOLOGY OF TALKS thus transcends the natural order of the universe - has the capacity to alter the nature of man.10 Even when one's emotions are still RELATING TO THE WEEKLY SECTIONS OF THE TORAH AND outside the parameters of Redemption - G-d forbid - (because he SPECIAL OCCASIONS IN THE JEWISH CALENDAR has not yet emerged from his internal exile), he can nevertheless learn the Torah's teachings concerning Redemption, and thereby be one elevated to the state of Redemption. One then begins to thrive by the on matters of Redemption, borne of the knowledge, awareness and Lubavitcher Rebbe feeling that "Behold he is coming." Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson (From the talk of Shabbos Parshas Balak, • 17 (numerically equivalent to "tov-good") Tammuz, 5751) Volume IX: Bamidbar • In English rendition by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger 10. See the comments of our sages on the verse "Lo'keil gomer oh'lye" (Talmud Yerushlami, Kesubos, 1:2. See there for cross references. Cited in Halacha by the Shach (and Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe), Yoreh Deah, sec. 189:13(23)). 14 3 LIKKUTEI SICHOS THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE REDEMPTION comprehension of the Torah concepts of Moshiach and Redemption. This intellectual awareness then extends to and permeates one's emotions, and then translates into thought, speech and action consistent with this very auspicious period of time when we stand on the threshold of Redemption and we are able to point B A L A K with our finger "Behold he (he King Moshiach) has come." One might suggest an additional rationale for the need and the FATHERS AND MOTHERS virtue of studying the Torah's teachings concerning Moshiach, Our Sages interpret1 the verse:2 “From the top of boulders, Redemption and the building of the third Temple; as an entrance I see him. I gaze upon him from the hills,” as an allegory, into the Messianic Era: explaining that “the tops of boulders” refers to the Patriarchs, and “the hills” refer to the Matriarchs. Although our Sages7 have declared that Moshiach will come "when we are distracted from his coming," this does not contradict, The significance of this commentary can be understood G-d forbid, the need for thought and reflection of the most by comparing the different relationships which a father and a 8 mother share with their child. A father’s connection is gen- powerful order on matters of Moshiach and Redemption. This eral; it does not relate to the child’s body in a specific way.3 means primarily thought and reflection that we are now standing at For it is through the mother’s nurturing of the fetus for nine the very entrance of the Messianic Era, that "Behold he is coming," months that the limbs and organs that make up a child’s body since all the deadlines have since passed, teshuvah has been done become defined and develop.4 and all of the different aspects of our Divine service have been completed in accordance with the details mentioned above. The For this reason, even after the child is born, his mother shares a closer relationship with him than his father, for it is resolution of this apparent contradiction is that the term for she who has shaped the particulars of his existence. And thus, distraction, "Hesech HaDa'as" (literally "removing one's a child has a greater love for his mother than for his father, knowledge") actually means "transcending one's knowledge."9 and a greater degree of awe for his father.5 For love depends This implies that after one has allowed this matter of Moshiach to on closeness, and awe comes about through distance. permeate one's intellect (by applying one's thought and constant reflection, etc.) one then reaches the level where this then transcends one's knowledge. 1. Bamidbar Rabbah 20:19; Midrash Tanchuma, Balak, sec. 12; Zohar, Vol. III, p. 210b. 2. Bamidbar 23:9. 3. Our Sages (Niddah 31a) state that the father’s seed is responsible for the child’s sinews, bones, and nails. Nevertheless, the actual existence of even these parts of the body depends on the nurture the fetus receives in its mother’s womb. 7. Sanhedrin 97a. 4. See Tanya, ch. 2. 8. Da'as, the type of knowledge where "one binds his mind with an 5. See Kiddushin 30b, (quoted by Rashi in his commentary to Vayikra 19:3). The extremely powerful and strong bond; firmly attaching one's thought." - Tanya, same applies with regard to the Sefiros of Chochmah and Binah which are de- end of ch. 3. scribed with the analogies of a father and a mother. Chochmah gives rise to 9. Tanya, Igeres HaKodesh (105b). 4 13 BESURAS HAGEULO BALAK And we have, in fact, witnessed "wonders" that testify that this is Similar concepts apply with regard to the Patriarchs and "the year that the King Moshiach shall be revealed," and the the Matriarchs of the Jewish people. For this reason, when "time when the King Moshiach will come... and announce to speaking about the Patriarchs, the verse uses the expression Israel, 'Humble ones, the time for your Redemption has arrived.'"3 “I see him,” which implies gazing from a distance, while with Further, these wonders and the announcement that "Behold, he (the regard to the Matriarchs, it uses the expression, “I gaze upon King Moshiach) is coming,"4 allowing for the translation that "he him” which implies closeness. This is indicated by the Tar- has already come," mean that we already stand on the threshold of gum for the term “I gaze upon him,” (v,hfx) sichisa, which is the beginning of the Messianic Era as well as on the threshold of also used as the Targum for the word vitabeit.6 Habat, the the beginning of the Redemption, the continuation and culmination Hebrew root for the latter term, implies looking closely with of which shall occur imminently.