Rosh Chodesh Shvat-Part 2: An Eternal Lesson

00:01 The Hamshach in continuation to the earlier installment where we discussed the Rebbe's insights on Rishchei de Shvat, which is the day that Meshe Rabbeinu began elaborating on inyanim of Teida mitzves in Chumash Dvarim, referred to as Mishnah Teida, and translated into seventy languages. So we now refer to a sikha of Rishchei de Shvat of Shin Mem Alef, 1981, where the Rebbe connects the calendar setting of the day of the Fabrengen, which was on a Tuesday, and it is in Parshas Boi, which speaks about that Yidden, while they were still in Mitzrayim, by Makas Cheshech, they had light in their surrounding environment. And this is on Rishchei de Shvat. That week consists of Rishchei de Shvat, and it is a year of Hakil, like this year, gathering the nation, the men, women, and children. And the Rebbe continues, as it is known and has been elaborated many times, the vort of the Bashem Tev, that in all the inyanim that a person hears or sees, it is a lesson. It is a directive how a person serves his Creator. Likewise, in this setting, briefly, the Rebbe says that all the Yidden had light wherever they were. This was while they were still in Mitzrayim. And as mentioned earlier, even before the time that they left Mitzrayim, which the leaving of Mitzrayim, the exodus of Mitzrayim, was the ikvam afilu keher afayin. It didn't even take the time for the, that would take the eye to blink. Already Yidden had light. And this is by them fulfilling

02:05 the herois, the guidance of Meshe Rabbeinu. And the mele when we come to a day of Rishchei de Shvat, this reminds us, be'ashti yosel cheides be'echad la'cheides, Meshe Rabbeinu began addressing the inyanim of Teida to every Yid and to all the Yidden. Because by every Yid, as the Altele Rebbe writes in Tanya, has in him, in their soul, a pchina of Meshe Rabbeinu. And the mele when we arrive in these days, Rishchei de Shvat, then it is niskorim benasim. As in the Megillah it says that these days are remembered and fulfilled. And as Arizal explains, when they are remembered and commemorated in the appropriate manner, then it is considered like it is happening again as the first time. And therefore, the Rebbe says, it is nasim, the pchina of Meshe, the spark of Meshe, which is found by every Yid, repeats itself. It's reactivated to explain, to elaborate on all the inyanim of Teida in a greater measure and greater strength, more yet than how it was in the days prior to it. And when they received from Meshe Rabbeinu, ashti yosel cheides be'echad la'cheides, there was a shon ashvis, and now it is a shnas hakel. Hakel consists of gathering the nation, the men, women, and children. And this is exclusively obvious, stands out when it is a day of a Tuesday. A Tuesday is chuch bal be'kitev. It's a double goodness. It's a goodness for the benefit of heaven's sake and a goodness for the benefit of creation's sake. And therefore, it consists

04:10 of everything, a mashpia, that a person, every person is involved with another Yid and with all Yidden, even those who are taf, very young children, uktanek tanim in matters of Yiddishkeit for whatever reason. And not only that he involves himself with them, but he puts himself into them and makes sure that v'shamru lasis es kol divri ateira zeh, that they also should be aware of fulfilling the words what it says in the Teida. Indeed, he begins speaking with them from a simpler level and then more higher standard. But the intention and the goal is, which he accomplishes, that since mitzvah geredes mitzvah, so one mitzvah generates the fulfillment of another mitzvah. And the mele, eventually the recipient is introduced to another mitzvah till he comes to the stage of lishmer v'lasis, fulfilling. Lishmer means the prohibitions and lasis means the mitzvahs in a positive way, fulfilling the mitzvahs, the commandments. And this all is done in a manner that he himself is lishmer v'lasis es kol divri ateira zeh, where the person himself is fulfilling all the words of Teida. And especially when it comes to inyanim ikrim and Teida, and especially the inyan of Avas Yisroel. The mele, he is also involved with another Yid, v'hafta l'riacha kamecha. He loves the other Yid as himself. That in the same sense that when it comes to himself, he has accomplished in himself that he became a mashpia, that he became a mentor to others, and is accomplishing likewise the same thing with others, that they

06:13 also become mentors to yet others. And this is the inyan of pedes of peda pedes, fruits and fruits of fruit, which means an endless chain reaction. Banim of nebanim, children and grandchildren, all till the end of all the generations, giving over, mentoring to others who are their recipients. And this accomplishes to fulfill the desire and will of Hashem, that he had a desire to have a dwelling place in this physical world. And this is accomplished through v'shochanti b'seicham. As it says, v'otzi lemignesh v'shochanti b'seicham, make a sanctuary for me and I will dwell amongst them. It doesn't say b'seichoi, in him. It says b'seicham, in them. In the inner state of every Yid. And then it becomes bos li gal li g'nuni, that this physical world, which there's nothing lower than that, becomes a place of tainuk, a place of ecstasy for Hashem. And this is all accomplished through our activities, especially in the time of darkness, by subduing the darkness and negative energy and converting it. We then bring down a great revelation from above. And this brings the nitzachon gomor that v'choisa l'Hashem hamlucha. Hashem has the reign over everything.