The Geula (7) - Bringing the Geula with Simcha

00:00 Behamsek to the recent installments on the topic of geulah and the various expressions we heard from the Rebbe on geulah, we now continue with installment number seven, discussing a synopsis of a sicha, whereas the Rebbe explained to try something new in the efforts to bring the geulah. In an unusual sicha on Sabbos Parsas Kisei Tzetov Shin Mem Ches 1988, the Rebbe stated the following. Since the announcement of the previous Rebbe, lealter l'teshuvah, lealter l'geulah, immediate repentance and immediate redemption, and the commotion to bring the geulah, many decades have passed and Mashiach has not yet arrived. There is no explanation for this. Our sages have stated that all designated deadlines for the galus to end have passed, and the previous Rebbe announced, as quoted earlier, lealter l'teshuvah, lealter l'geulah, immediate repentance and immediate redemption. It is dependent on teshuvah, repentance. And the Rebbe continues, surely teshuvah was done, and as stated in the Talmud, that with one thought of regret on one's past actions, one becomes a tzaddik. Hirur teshuvah na'as a tzaddik omer. And there isn't one Yid who did not have a regret on past actions many times. Tehillim of Dovid HaMelech was already said in the greatest measure. Fabrengens were made in numerous numbers. Spreading the wellsprings of Hasides are already being done since the Baal Shem Tov, more than seven generations, in great numbers and immense accomplishments. So the question is asked, what else is there to do which was not yet done? The Rebbe continued, we could possibly say, the only

02:15 thing that was not yet done to bring Mashiach is the avedah of the appropriate simcha to bring Mashiach. And although in all of the past generations there was joy when fulfilling mitzvahs, simcha shel mitzvah, rejoicing while doing a mitzvah, in doing the mitzvah, since this is a vital factor in avedah Hashem, therefore it is done with joy. Nevertheless, by the joy when fulfilling mitzvahs, the main stress is on the manner of the avedah that it needs to be with joy. But here our focus is joy for the sole purpose of bringing the geulah, simcha in its genuine essence, avedah of simcha to bring Mashiach. And regarding the difficulty to inspire oneself with a feeling of joy in its genuine manner during the darkness of the galus, the solution is simple. Since we need to bring the geulah, so we must say that we have been granted special keichas, energy that we can fulfill a joy and the joy in its genuine manner. The explanation for this is that this joy results from his bainer-ness and meditation, focus of the mind, concentrating on the fact that Mashiach is coming soon. And then the entire world will be upgraded to the highest standard of simcha. Therefore, we already have a feeling of simcha, joy, in its genuine manner, similar and reflecting the time of the redemption. The Rebbe's closing remarks, the Rebbe continues, the main objective is to declare with a new call and an announcement about a special increase in simcha to bring Mashiach in an

04:30 actual manner and very quickly, not even a delay of the timing of an eye's blink. The Rebbe concluded this segment of the sicha by saying, here it's translated in English, try it and you will see. After the sicha, Chassidim began singing the Rebbe's father's niggun, to which the Rebbe stood up and danced in his place, while he motioned very intensely with his hands, encouraging the singing.