"...even after the histalkus there is life without interruption..."

"We should know that even after the histalkus there is life without interruption, eternal life, in the case of the Nasi of the generation, and through him eternal life is forthcoming for the entire generation."

Sicha of the Rebbe, 5710 (1950) (shortly after the histalkus (passing) of the Previous Rebbe)

"All the inhabitants of the land have melted [in fear] of us"

The Haftorah concludes with the verse, "G-d gave the entire land into our hands and all the inhabitants of the land have melted [in fear] of us." This verse should serve as a directive for us at present. We should not return to the gentiles one inch of those portions of Eretz Yisrael which G-d has given us. And this resolve to maintain full possession of Eretz Yisrael will lead us to the era when the size of Eretz Yisrael will be increased and it will encompass the lands of 10 nations. Then it will be divided into thirteen portions, the tribe of Levi also receiving a share as mentioned above. And we will proceed to the Beis HaMikdash and offer the Thanksgiving sacrifice in thanks for our redemption from exile. May this be in the immediate future.

Sicha of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Parshas Shelach, 5751

Yaakov's difficult life: because Moshiach hasn't come

The Torah relates that Yosef took Ya'akov to Pharaoh and Pharaoh asked him. "How old are you?" Ya'akov responded, "The years of my travails are 130. The days of the years of my life have been few and hard..."

...There is a deeper message in the concept that Ya'akov considered his life short because he was not able to fill it with the spiritual content that he desired. Our Sages relate, "Ya'akov desired to live in prosperity." In an ultimate sense, this refers to the perfect goodness and prosperity of the Era of the Redemption. From the time Yosef was born, Ya'akov was ready for the Redemption, and since this potential was not realized at that time, he considered his life as lacking.

This is particularly relevant to us, the last generation of the exile and the first generation of the Redemption, we must feel that until the Redemption becomes manifest, our lives are lacking. This perception should lead to an increased desire and yearning for the Redemption and also an increase in the activities that will hasten the coming of the Redemption: an increase in the spreading of the wellsprings of Chassidus and an increase in Mivtza Chanukah, the Chanukah campaign.

Sicha of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Shabbos Parshas Mikeitz, 5752