Particularly since we have already been more than "forty years," in the desert of the nations (of exile), in a situation of "(forty years) I quarreled with the generation," and we are ready to come to "they shall enter my resting place," in the Holy Land and Jerusalem, to the extent of Shalem, a complete rest - with the true and complete Redemption.
It is understood that the Jewish people are already prepared and already have "a heart to know and eyes to see and ears to hear" (just as it was in the fortieth year after the exodus from Egypt, and that as in the days of your going forth from the land of Egypt I will show him miracles).
(From the talk of Tuesday evening, Parshas Shimini, 26 Nissan 5751)
13. It should be noted that forty years have passed since the departure of His Honored Holiness, My sainted father-in-law, the Rebbe, in the year 5710, as mentioned many times.
14. Tehillim (Psalms) 95:10.
15. Ibid, 11.16. The explanation of Rashi there.
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