12-13th of TAMMUZ EMPOWERS EVERY JEW TO TRANSCEND THE GOLUS AND BRING THE GEULA
It has been mentioned that a Jew in golus is higher than golus - he is an emissary of Hashem, and he has to reveal his true self - a servant of the King, that, in matters of Torah and mitzvos, golus has no control over him.
Where does one take the power to achieve this? This empowerment comes from the Geula of Yud-Beis-Yud-Gimmel Tammuz, as the Baal haGeula writes (Sefer HaMaamorim 5708 p. 263): "Not only I myself did HaKodesh-Boruch-Hu redeem on Yud Beis Tammuz, but all that hold dear our holy Torah, those that keep the mitzvos and also those that are only called Jew by surname." - All those have been redeemed, and are enabled to transcend the golus, and more easily fulfill Torah and mitzvos, without any impediments and obstacles, through the power of the Geula which brought about that even the adversaries "conceded" to the avodah of the Jews.
This is clearly obvious in the actual accomplishments attained after the Geula in the area of spreading Torah, strengthening Yiddishkeit and spreading the fountains of Chassidus outward - as the arrest and liberation caused the Previous Rebbe to depart that country and subsequently to come to the shores of the United States, in the lower hemisphere, where the activities of spreading Torah and spreading the fountains of Chassidus expanded incomparably - through the institutions which were established, and from there they expanded to all corners of the world, including also to the lowest part of the the lower hemisphere (Australia, etc.) - and the expansion is ever growing.
Every Jew must know his good qualities, as the Previous Rebbe said (HaYom Yom 26 Marcheshvan): Just as one must know his deficiencies in order to correct them - likewise one has to know his qualities, in order to use them to their fullest capacity.
A Jew must know that he is a "servant of the King like the king himself," also in golus and he must use this to his utmost in his avodas Hashem.
Just as this applies to every Jew in his personal avodah, similarly is also in the general avodah of our entire generation: We must know the qualities of this generation (which is "like a midget on the shoulders of a giant") the last generation of the golus and the first generation of the Geula, as is obvious from all the signs indicated in the gemara, and as the Baal haGeula testified (years ago) that all has been completed, we have to "all stand ready," to "polish the last buttons" in order to use the power that we have to conclude the last "small vessels" and remnants of the avodah and through this - bring the Geula in actuality.
(Sefer HaSichos 5750 p. 537)
