Yom Holedes - Part V

00:00 The hemsek to the earlier installments regarding Yemei Ledet's birthday and its customs, aspects, and lessons. We continue now with installment number five, discussing the Rebbe's insights about the qualitative potential one has at the birth and on one's Yemei Ledet's birthday. In a minor that begins with the verse, early 1965, the Rebbe said the following, that although our sages have stated, that a person should never trust himself till the day of his passing. From this we understand that there's a unique quality when a person reaches the 120 years after he has completed the avedah of all his life. So this is a quality in comparison to the birth, because when a person is born, we don't know in what direction his conduct will be, his avedah will be, will it be positive or the opposite. On the other hand, we find a unique quality in the birth date in comparison to the day of passing. The Talmud tells us in the tractate of Megillah, in regards to Haman, that when his lot, what he threw, been a gear to choose the month in which he wanted to, God forbid, destroy the Jewish nation. So when it came to Adar, he rejoiced and he said, ah, it's exactly the month in which Moshe Rabbeinu was nistalik. But he did not know that the 7th of Adar, which is the date that Moshe Rabbeinu was nistalik, this very same date is the date that Moshe Rabbeinu was born. And Rashi says that the birth forgives on the passing.

02:12 And the difference is that when it comes to the day of passing, it is connected with the practical avedah that a person did throughout his life, as it is accomplished by the body in a very logical manner, al pitam vadas, in a very settled format, in details as it was laid out over these many years of his life. But the quality of a birthday relates to the revelation of the neshama itself, even before the person started to do anything in this physical world with his body. He was just born. The standard is on a level which is higher than logic and higher than being expressed in details. And in addition to that, it also contains the potential of the quality of the avedah that a person will do from then on all his life, which what he will accomplish will be with his exertion. So this is the unique quality of a birth date. It is the revelation of the neshama and it contains the whole future. In the Fabringen of Achana Shalpesach Tov Shinlamed, verse 1976, the Rebbe briefly mentioned that although the inyan of a yemeledes could be only of one particular person that has his yemeledes on a specific day, but when he utilizes it in the fullest format to the greatest extent, he can accomplish that this day becomes a special day and it can also have an impact on others. In a sicha of Yud Aleph Nisan Tov Shinlamed, 1981, the Rebbe said the following in regards to yemeledes. That

04:32 this is also in our case that by every yemeledes, every birth date, especially when it's a special birth date, it is connected with what is placed on the person. And the person receives additional keichas that he should be able to accomplish more in comparison to what he accomplished up till now. And for sure, if there is something that wasn't complete in the past, he can then compensate and correct it and add more in the way of holech omesive air, constantly increasing in light. And since Hashem says, I am asking only according to their energy, so surely that Hashem gives the keichas, the strength in the way of gvuris, strengthening the keichas of the person. And he also gives the person the opportunity to fulfill and utilize the keichas in the fullest measure. And since all the inyonim that are related to avedes Hashem need to be with joy, that all this should be done in a joyous manner and the gladness of the heart. The goodness of the heart. And Simcha Perez Geder, Simcha breaks through all the limitations. The mele, it gives the person also the opportunity and the potential that he should be able to reach also on a level and a standard which is higher than limitation. And all this is done with the keyach of the public. As rabbim, many multiples, and with the keyach of tziburas all are united together. And simultaneously, this accomplishes a, a redemption that a person becomes redeemed from all the inyanim that disturb the person.

06:52 And the redemption comes in a way of shalom, in a peaceful manner. In Isicha Tov Shin Nun Aleph 1991, the Rebbe said that the inyan of Yemeledes consists of the aveida of a person that is going to be happening over that year. Which means the birth date consists of the aveida of the coming new year and the aveida of a person's life. And the Rebbe adds on a later occasion that this also includes the continuation of a person's life in this world and in Galeden and in Neilem Habo till the end of time. An additional aspect, when I get to the day of a Yemeledes, it is referred to Mazole Gever. As the Rebbe spoke in Isicha in the year 1987, the enormous quality of a birth date is described by the expression a day of ascending fortune. Which means that there is an increase and advancement in an overpowering way. Even in the supernal root and source of the person's soul. In the mazal, the essential constellation and fortune of the soul. The Rebbe on occasions would mention the source for this as we see it in the Jerusalem Talmud. That when Amalek waged war with the Jewish nation, he chose soldiers whose birthday was on that day when he waged war. He figured that these people will not fall quick because their mazal, their fortune is ruling on that day and that assists the person. And therefore, Moshe Rabbeinu confused the mazoles, the constellations, that it should not rule on that day the

09:19 mazal in which these people were born. From this we see that on a day of Yemeledes, on the birth date, the mazal, the fortune of the person is on a very high standard. The Rebbe once explained that when he was referring to the mazal, which is the constellation, it is basically the mazal of the hours. That every hour there's a different mazal, a different image of the constellation of the stars. And that rules over the other mazoles. And bederech mele, simultaneously, they also rule over the 12 mazoles, which are basically a separate group of constellations, mazoles from the 12 months of the year. The Rebbe once told a chasid who had Yemeledes on a certain date and he was doing a project speaking for an audience in regards to Yiddishkeit. The Rebbe said that this day you have more hatzlacha, more success than other times. And when you will speak on the day of your Yemeledes with liveliness, with excitement, this will accomplish more than usual. And finally, the Rebbe once wrote to a person that pointing to the day in which this response was given by the Rebbe, that it is the Yemeledes of the grandfather. Mazole Gever, it's the mazal, the fortune of the grandfather. From this we understand that this also contributes to the members of the family.