Friday, February 16, 2007

Moshiach and New Neshomas

Maamorei Admor Ha'emtzai Drushei Chasana, 5643

...to understand how the quality of the neshomos of L'asid L'avo will be so high to such a degree that the neshomos of all the generations from Adam Harishon until the days of Moshiach will be considered on the level of physical food, like fish and physical meat of the Levayason and the shor habar, etc...

...these neshomos (of L'asid L'avo) are called completely new neshomos (and perhaps this is what Moshe said "and those who are not here" who won't come in physical bodies at all, only in L'asid L'avo in the days of Moshiach)....

...all Yisroel are the sons of kings, namely Yisroel arose in thought on the level of Sovev Hakloli, but the completely new neshomos are much higher than that--in Atzmus Ohr Ein Sof...

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

We will all come home...

Hoshea 11:11 הושע פרק יא:יא

יא יֶחֶרְדוּ כְצִפּוֹר מִמִּצְרַיִם, וּכְיוֹנָה מֵאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר; וְהוֹשַׁבְתִּים עַל-בָּתֵּיהֶם, נְאֻם-יְהוָה

"They [Yisroel] shall hasten like a bird from Egypt and like a dove from the land of Assyria; and I will place them in their houses, says the Lord."

Metzudas Dovid: You will hurry like a bird to return home.

Malbim: "Dove" beceuase a dove can find his way home, but others are so far they are "lost", but they too will awaken with a desire to return home.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Moshiach ben Yosef is past

At the farbrengen of parshas Vayishlach 5718, the Rebbe spoke extensively in the maamor about Moshiach ben Yosef. Several of the elder chassidim seemed to be worried by the Rebbe's words, that they seemed to imply that there was still a need to endure the period of Moshiach ben Yosef.

The Rebbe responded to this concern as follows: Since Rav Chayim Vital said about himself that he is Moshiach ben Yosef, "then we've already passed Moshiach ben Yosef".
("איז מיט משיח בן יוסף איז מען שוין אפגעקומען")

(as told by Shmuel M.M. Shneursohn)

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Monday, February 12, 2007

The neshoma of Israel

Shelah Hakadosh, parshas Bereishis

The Torah is the neshoma of Israel.

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