Sunday, May 29, 2011

Open the Eyes to See the Geulah

Now there needs only to be that they will open the “heart to know”, and they will open the “eyes to see”, and they will open the “ears to hear”. And in this way, to utilize the 248 physical limbs and 365 ligaments – in addition to learning Torah and fulfilling mitzvos generally – learning pnimiyus hatorah as it has been revealed in the teachings of Chassidus and fulfilling the instructions of our Rebbeim, including – learning the subjects of Geulah, in a way that this will open the heart and the eyes and the ears – and that they will understand , they will see and they will feel in absolute simplicity in the physicality of the world – the true and complete Geulah in actuality mamash, and to learn the Torah of Moshiach (pnimiyus hatorah) in a way of seeing, that all of this is already prepared, and there is only a need to open the eyes and they they will see this!

Sicha of the Rebbe, Parshas Vayeitze, 5752

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Awaiting Moshiach--To Wait with Wisdom

To Wait with Wisdom

by Harav Hamekubal Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh

One of the definitions of the word חכמה (widsom) is חכה-מה -- the power to wait and to anticipate that something will tarry, as in the verse that relates to the ketz of Moshiach "if he will tarry wait for him because he will come, he will not be late" (and as the fundament of faith [Rambam]: "even though he will tarry, despite all this I await him").

The power of chochma to wait and anticipate brings closer that which one is awaiting. The degree of power of one who waits is very great -- in the end -- it approaches "close to prophecy". Thus the prophet states עין לא ראתה א-להים זולתך יעשה למחכה לו "no eye has seen what Hashem will do for those who wait for Him", and the sages explain that in the time to come the one who waits will merit to see that which the prophets themselves did not see. In the Zohar it explains "to wait for him" -- "to one who is exacting in the words of chochma". In Kedusha, even one who awaits something that he can't even imagine doesn't wait passively; rather, he strives and dives deep to discover it in the depths of Divine chochma. So, too, in the anticipation of Moshiach and his unimaginable wonders, the one who truly waits does this wisely -- with chochma -- with effort and exacting study of inyanei Geulah and Moshiach and Torah. For it is precisely in the Torah of Geulah and Moshiach can the one who waits already taste "the Torah of Moshiach" about which it is stated "every palate which tastes of it says 'let me have, let me have'. In the merit of the "taste [and see] that Hashem is Good" we merit in the time to come to "and you will see that Hashem is Good" -- "no eye has seen what Hashem will do for those who wait for him."

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