Based on the Dvar Malchus of the Shabbos Parshas Behaaloscha, 5751
We all have a lot of people that help us, such as our parents, teachers and friends. When a Jewish child, a soldier in Tzivos Hashem, is in a good and healthy environment, one that offers warmth and support, while at the same time binds and connects him to the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach, he grows up and becomes "a candle that illuminates", a happy Chassid of the Rebbe that illuminates and makes all those around him happy.
Regarding such a person, Rashi tells us that "It has to be such a flame that goes up on its own." The fire should take hold and burn on its own. In a similar way, a Jew has to make sure to burn so intensively and strong from the fire that he/she received from the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach until he/she doesn't require someone to constantly remind him to be connected to him. He now shines and illuminates the world all on his own. His nature now is to illuminate wherever he is, all by himself.
Mitzvos Are Part of Life
The same thing applies to every Rashi's explanation, the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach explains, is suitable for everyone, even for a five year old child who's learning Chumash. The lesson we learn from Rashi is applicable to all Jews, including a soldier in Tzivos Hashem.
Rashi explains the words in the first posuk "...Behaaloscha es haneiros..." to mean that the Cohen Gadol has to light the menorah flame until it can go up by itself. The fire takes hold of the wick and continues to burn even after the Cohen left and did something else.
One thing the posuk "Ner Hashem nishmas adam" teaches us that every soul is a candle and a Jew has to light it. Our actions have to illuminate the world the way Hashem tells us to. Even our regular every day actions should be for the sake of Heaven, for the sake of Hashem. We should illuminate those around us and the entire world.
In order to do this each and every one of us is given the ability and strength from the Cohen that lights our soul. In our generation, this Cohen is the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach, who urges us and gives us the strength to £בהמשיח ימות ה ̄עשפ£ ק ̈ בהעלותàכ ¦סיוã ̈ התשס£ ו–ה י ̈ת האש נתס גולותונפלאות
The above is connected to ahavas yisrael. When we help another Jew get on the right track, we have to invest a lot of time and energy in him until he's able to manage in his own. He should also be "a flame that goes up on its own".
Every Jew, you and I, are connected to Hashem. Our natural inclination is to do what Hashem wants. When we get used to doing what Hashem wants, we begin to see that this is our true nature. In a similar way, nature should do what Hashem wants and it should help a Jew do what he's suppose to do in this world. How do we go about it?
Let's look at our house. Every child has his bedroom where he or she sleeps. The Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach Shlita said that every child should have in their bedroom a "chitas" and a charity box attached to the wall. They should be put in a place that's obvious to all. As soon as a child walks into the room, he sees a Chumash. The Chumash reminds him to learn Chumash and the rest of the "chitas" lessons. The same is true with the charity box. The charity box reminds him to give tzedaka.
Moshiach
We are just before the redemption, a time when everything is brought into the spotlight and its qualities are emphasized, including the posuk "The flame goes up on its own." mitzvah. When we learn Torah, one has to learn and learn until the learning is engraved in his memory and it's there to stay. Any mitzvah that we do over and over again becomes part of our nature. For example, if the yarmulka on our head falls off while sleeping, the person wakes up and puts it back on, because our body got used to only having a kipa on the head and it cannot be otherwise. The same applies with all of the mitzvos.
Just as we breathe twenty four ours a day without paying attention that we do so, because we are so used to it and it's only natural for us to do so, so too with the mitzvos, it becames so natural for us to do them, we don't even pay attention that we do them.
The same thing is true when we do our own personal things. When a Jew has that burning fire inside to illuminate the world with good and bring the Moshiach, he's always thinking about it and what ever he does he illuminates the world and bring the Moshiach. For example, when a businessman advertises his business, he adds a sentence as part of his advertisement, "Moshiach has arrived", as well as making people aware of the Rebbe. Furthermore, he uses his business connections to influence Jews with whom he has contact to add in their Torah observance and to help them get ready to accept Moshiach when he arrives.
ורבינו מורנו אדוננו יחי ועד לעול¾ המשיח מל»!
Our generation is the lowest. Everything that we have comes from the previous generations who guided us and "lit us up". But our generation will be the one "Whose flame goes up by itself", whose good deeds will illuminate the world. Our generation will be the one that will lift up the previous generations and make them happy when we bring about the redemption.
The Rebbe concludes with the following words:
"...Especially when the shepherd, Aharon Hacohen of our generation, the Rebbe Harayatz, showed his love for every Jew...including all of Hashem's creatures, and would bring them close to the Torah...by disseminating Torah, Judaism, and the wellsprings of the Torah...especially through the publication of his "Kol Koreh" that said teshuva that's done right away brings about the redemption right away... in addition to proclaiming that we only have to "polish the buttons"...and even that we've already done...the only thing that's left to do is "You should all stand up ready" and receive Moshiach our righteous one in the true and complete redemption.
Therefore, we have to add more energy and happiness when finishing up our avodas Hashem of "You should all stand up ready" for the redemption, especially in the realm of "the light of a mitzvah and the light of Torah, to such an extent that one illuminates his surroundings and the entire world..."
Editor: Ben MenachemzProofreading (Content accuracy): Rabbis and educatorsz
Translated and adapted into English by Rabbi Yehoshua Lorber z Published under the auspices of:
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