The Announcement Of The Redemption
The writings of the Ari"zal explain that the generation of the future Redemption is the reincarnation of the generation that went out of Egypt. Accordingly, the righteous women of our generation, in whose merit we will be redeemed, are the same righteous women in whose merit we left Egypt.
Our generation is the last generation of exile and the first generation of Redemption, for, in the words of my sainted father-in-law, all aspects of the Divine service have been completed and we stand ready to greet our righteous Moshiach. Since this is the case, my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation, endeavored to affect and influence the women, in order to hasten the Redemption in the merit of the righteous women of our generation.
...There is a unique and essential lesson in regards to the concept of the song, as exemplified by the song of Miryam and the song of Devorah:
Just as in the exodus from Egypt "the righteous women of the generation were confident that G-d would perform miracles for them, and they brought tambourines from Egypt," so too in this final Redemption from exile, the righteous women of Israel must be confident, and certainly they are confident, that immediately and imminently the true and complete Redemption is actually coming. [So strong is their conviction that] "they begin immediately (in the last moments of exile) to sing with tambourines and with dances, for the coming of the true and complete Redemption!
More specifically: there is the prayer, entreaty and supplication that G-d will actually bring the Redemption, imminently and immediately that is said with the feeling of pain and bitterness ("Miryam because of the bitterness") over the length of the exile. [This pain and bitterness] are expressed in the cry from the depths of the heart, "until when, until when, until when!"... [Together with the cry of pain, the righteous women are (also and essentially) imbued with the feeling of joy; a joy so great that it is expressed in song, because of the greatness of the trust that "Behold he (the king Moshiach) is coming", and he has already come!
(From the talk of Shabbos Parshas Bo, 6 Shvat, and Shabbos Parshas Beshallach, Shabbos Shirah, 13 Shvat, 5752)
The Announcement Of The Redemption
The tenth day of the eleventh month in our generation is the day of passing of my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation. At that point he achieved an elevation, for "all his deeds and Torah and Divine service that he accomplished during his life" rose to a higher level, an incomparable elevation. The essential perfection of this was completed on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year- the forty-second year (5710-5752). The forty-second year is connected with the Divine Name "Mem-Bes," through which all aspects of elevation occur. All the elevations of the forty-two anniversaries of the day of passing have been completed, as well as all the elevations through our actions and Divine service of the past forty-two years (including the completion of "It was in the fortieth year"). These parallel the forty-two stages in the wilderness of our generation (the last generation of exile and the first generation of Redemption). And imminently and immediately we will actually enter the good and expansive land in the true and final Redemption.
...There is an additional and also essential lesson of the Song in regard to the Divine service of prayer (also described as hymn, done in a manner of singing). As is known, the Alter Rebbe used to pray out loud and with singing. Although song is connected with elevating from below to above, now there has to be (after all the elevations are completed) the song from a position of attachment and inclusion in the Supernal. This serves as a preparation and introduction to the "new song" of the time to come.
This applies particularly to the prayer for the true and complete Redemption, specifically after the declaration of my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation, that "all the appointed times have passed" already, and all aspects of Divine service have been completed. In addition to the desire, longing and yearning for the Redemption (until now), there must now also be an essential feeling of joy, borne out of the realization that the Redemption is actually coming at this actual moment.
(From the talk of Thursday, Parshas Beshallach, 11 Shvat, and Shabbos Parshas Beshallach, 13 Shvat, Shabbos Shirah, 5752)
