1. . . . ืืืืืกืคื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืขื ืื ื ืืฉืื ืืืืืืื ืืื ื"ืืจื ืืืฉืจื" ืืคืขืื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืฉืื ืืืืืืื ืืคืืขื ืืืฉ )ืชืื"ื ืชื ืฉ"ื(
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MOSHIACH IN THE PARSHA
"A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate,
on the bottom hem of the robe, all around".
On the bottom hem of the robe, or Me'il, that the Kohen Gadol
had to wear, there were bells. The sound of these bells were so
important, that the Torah goes on to say "... Velo Yomus...". The
Kohein Gadol's Avodah was only complete with these bells and
their absence would effect his very own life! Why were they so
important?
Every Avodah that the Kohen Gadol did, was done on the behalf
of all Yidden. Therefore, when the Kohen Gadol would enter the
Kodesh to do his Avodah, a part of every Yid would be entering as
well. Every single Yid was being represented, including those who
live "on the bottom hem of the robe", those Yidden who are the
furthest from Hashem and Torah.
When these "bottom hem Yidden" decide to extricate themselves
from their low spiritual state and to escape the bad, they don't do
it calmly and slowly; they wake up and burst into Kedusha, in one
quick move and with a lot of noise. They act out of desperation for
Kedusha, like a drowning man who desperately struggles with all
his might to get out of the water that is choking his life.
Because the Kohen Gadol is the Shliach and representative of this
category of Yidden as well, therefore, when entering the Kodesh to
do his Avodah, the bells needed to be heard; a symbol of the sound
of Teshuvah, the sound of those Yidden on "the bottom hem of the
robe".
Our generation, the last generation of Golus, is the generation
"on the bottom hem of the robe". We therefore need to make sure
that we have bells. When doing the holy work of returning the
hearts of others to Hashem, don't do it quietly and secretly; do
it with an uproar of Kedusha! Don't be ashamed to get out on a
city street and call out, "Jews! Listen to G-d's words! Come put on
Teffilin! Put a Mezuza on you doors!"
In the Zechus of our great noise of Kedusha, we will be Zoche
very soon to the fulfillment of the Posuk, "Bayom Hahu Yetoka
Beshofar Gadol". We will hear the sound of the Shofar being
Mevaser: Hiney Moshiach Bo!
ืคึผึทืขึฒืึนื ืึธืึธื ืึฐืจึดืึผืึนื ืคึผึทืขึฒืึนื ืึธืึธื ืึฐืจึดืึผืึนื ืขึทื ืฉืืึผืึตื ืึทืึผึฐืขึดืื ืกึธืึดืื" )ืฉืืืช ืื, ื(
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)Based on Likkutei Sichos Vol. 16(
ืืชื ืื ืงืืืฉ
In the following Ksav Yad, the Rebbe urgently emphasizes the assignment of
our generation, especially in these last moments of Golus.
ืฉืืื ืื ืคืืฆื - ืืืฉืื ืืืดื ืืืืืจืืช ื"ืง ืื"ื ืืืืืดืจ ืืืืจื ื:
ืขืืื ืืื ืืืืื, ืืืื ืจืืข ืืืฉ ืืคืฉืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืืื
The common method
[of going about issues]
is, as the Frierdiker
Rebbe's instruction to
our generation:
Stand all prepared, for every given moment is literally, in the fullest sense,
the time for the Geulah.
In the era of Moshiach, the uncertainties we currently have, including the
uncertainty about Moshiachโs arrival, will all dissipate, for all of these uncertainties
are part and parcel of the very exile state we have been born into, thus creating a
"Golus mentality" (an era of uncertainty).
DIDYOUKNOW
Reb Isaac Homler was one of the elderly
Chassidim of the Tzemach Tzedek. Despite
his old age, Reb Isaac would often travel
to Lubavitch, to the Rebbe. At the end of one
particular visit, as he was about to return home,
the Tzemach Tzedek suddenly exited his room.
At first they departed from each other as usual,
with their customary bentching each other with
Nachas from their children and grandchildren,
etc. Then, each one put his head on the otherโs
shoulder; they stood that way for a long while.
As Reb Isaac left, he said to those around him,
โit seems we will meet again, when Moshiach
comes!โ
The Tzemach Tzedek followed the wagon and,
when it was out of sight, raised his hands to the
heavens and said, โGo in peace.โ
A short while later, Reb Isaac passed away.
LIVING LESSONS