Yom Holedes Commemoration - Part II

00:01 Beham shech to the earlier installment benegea to the inyan of Yemaledes birthday. We continue now with installment number two, discussing an interesting source, what the inyan of Yemaledes reflects. In Esicha Shabbos Parsha Neach, Tov Shin Chof Alef, late 1960, the Rebbe stated the following. There are those that ask benegea to the inyan of the Yemaledes of the Baal Shem Tov, that the Friedlicher Rebbe revealed the significance of what Yemaledes means. The Rebbe says, we can derive it from a discourse in Likute Tader, which are my morim of the Alter Rebbe, Parshas Netzovim, Mem Zayin Alef 47a, that the neshama of Adam HaRishon renews every Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is the day that Adam HaRishon was created. So the Rebbe says, from learning that the neshama of Adam HaRishon renews every Rosh Hashanah, we can derive the inyan of Yemaledes. In another sicha, many years later, Tov Shin Mem Beis, late 1982, the Rebbe elaborated that it is understood the connection between the descent of the neshama in the body, which is the birth of a Yid, that he is an Eilam Moli, a full world, the connection that it has with Rosh Hashanah, the creation of Adam HaRishon. Because Rosh Hashanah, the same inyan took place, the same event took place. Vayipach be'apo of nishmas chaim. Hashem has blown in his nostrils the person nishmas chaim, a living soul. This marked the attachment of the soul and the body. The body was before sand from the ground, and Hashem has connected together the body and

02:43 the soul. And in the same sense that it took place by Adam HaRishon, in the same sense it is reflected in the birth of every person. And memeilah, when it comes a year after the birth, it renews as we celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the creation of Adam HaRishon every year on an annual basis. In a sicha on the 25th of Adar, Tov Shin Mem Tes, 1989, the Rebbe said the following. We'll read it as it is translated by Sichas in English. In thought, the Rebbe says the world was created in Nisan, the month of Nisan, while in actual deed it was not created until Tishrei. The beginning of creation in thought is particularly relevant to the creation of man, since man's creation is the ultimate purpose of the creation of the entire world. The above can also be related to each individual's birthday. The soul of Adam, the first man, is renewed on the day of his creation. Since Adam's soul contained within it the souls of the entire Jewish people, it follows that the day of Adam's creation and by extension the 25th of the previous month which prepared for it, the 25th of Adar, can be considered as the birthday for all the Jewish souls. Therefore, on this day, each Yid must renew his service in a manner comparable to the renewal experienced on his birthday, adding immeasurably to his service as if he was born anew. He may reach very high levels comparable to those experienced by Adam in the Garden of Eden,

05:02 for that is a Yid's true place. Were it not for certain undesirable influences, we would be living in the Garden of Eden while our souls are enclosed in our physical bodies. This sicha signifies an additional point that not only the birth of a Yid reflects the creation of Adam HaRishon, but in addition to that, on the 25th of Adar, which was the preparation for the creation of Adam HaRishon, according to our sages in the tractate of Rosh Hashanah, it is something that contributes to every Yid and it is a renewal for every Yid, including also in the service of every Yid to the Creator.