However, an important clarification is needed:
Based on what we’ve discussed, one might conclude that these helpers deserve no reward, Heaven forbid, since their assistance is not attributed to them but to “the truth of His being,” as “there is none besides Him.”
Nevertheless, “the Holy One, blessed be He, does not withhold reward from any creature,” and how much more so (kal vachomer) for all those who acted with self-sacrifice in their efforts to secure the Rebbe’s release and redemption. Their reward is indeed very great.
The Rebbe addresses this at the end of his discourse, where he explains the phrase “Hashem is with me among my helpers,” noting that “my helpers” are the “refined elements.” (This parallels what the Mishnah says: “One who performs a commandment... acquires for himself an advocate”—from the mitzvah, an angel is created to help him). The Rebbe also adds that this is “similar to students who are called children.”
The question arises: What connection does this concept (that students are called children) have to “Hashem is with me among my helpers”?
With these few words, however, the Rebbe emphasizes that the explanation of “among my helpers” (also) retains its simple meaning—that there are “many helpers,” including literal “helpers”: the Jews who assisted him. Through this assistance, they became his students and children, and thus become “my helpers.” Since these Jews have free will, and they chose to engage in these efforts, they are considered “helpers” and receive the full reward for their actions.
Even so, this doesn’t contradict what the Rebbe writes at the beginning of the discourse—that “there is none besides Him and only He alone is the Creator... and He helps him”—because the verse “Hashem is with me among my helpers” means, as he explains at the end of the discourse (as mentioned above), that the Name Havayah should be revealed in the helpers. That is, the one who brings about the help is Havayah who illuminates within “my helpers.”
One could say that this is also why the Rebbe first delivered the discourse on “Hashem is with me among my helpers” before the discourse on “Blessed is He who bestows kindness.” It was first necessary to ensure that the “kindness that He has bestowed upon me” would not lead to any harm to another person, particularly those who tried to help secure his release. They should not only be protected from all harm, as mentioned earlier, but should also receive their full reward.
