(the completion and perfection of the Divine service) of my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation. The eleventh [of Shvat] produced an expansion and innovation in his leadership, with greater strength and greater vigor, until the completion and conclusion of all the Divine service of our generation (the last generation of exile which is the first generation of Redemption). [This happened] during the [past] forty-two years, which correspond to the forty-two stages of travel in the desert of the nations [i.e., exile]. Thus we are already prepared and poised to enter the land in the true and final Redemption (as discussed at length at a previous gathering).
For the time (as well as the place) of the announcement that "they shall beat their swords into plowshares" emphasized the connection with the activities of the leader of our generation, my sainted father-in-law, the Moshiach of the generation, through whom is fulfilled the promise that "they will beat their swords into plowshares."
...It may be said that the resolution and announcement of the leaders of the nations of the world on the eve of Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim concerning the condition and situation of "they shall beat their swords into plowshares" is an effect of the resolution and announcement of "our kings, the Rabbis" that "Behold he (the king Moshiach) comes." [The situation today] began with the legal decree of my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation, that we have already completed our work and Divine service in the course of the exile and we are already prepared to greet our righteous Moshiach. It then continued through the legal decree of the rabbis and authorities of the Jewish people that the time of Redemption has arrived, "a king from the house of Dovid will arise... it is presumed [b'chezkas] that he is Moshiach " until the situation and position of "behold, he is certainly Moshiach [vadai]."
[These are] legal decrees "from Sinai," which extend into and penetrate the barriers of the world as well, to such an extent that the leaders of the nations resolve and announce voluntarily (and "in their courts" for they have the force "the law of the country is the law") concerning the situation and position that "they shall beat their swords into plowshares."
...According to what was said above, the wonder and amazement becomes much stronger, together with the great pain and confusion (a pain so great that one should not go into lengthy discussion of this matter on the Sabbath) - how is it possible that the Jewish people still find themselves in exile?!... Until when?!... Is it possible that after all the signs that the true and complete Redemption is coming imminently and immediately in actual reality, including the event of this eve of Shabbos, when even the nations of the world announce that the time has arrived for "they shall beat their swords into plowshares" we find ourselves on the holy Shabbos day outside the land? Instead of being together with all the Jewish people from all corners of the world, is in our holy land, in Yerushalayim the holy city, and in the Beis HaMikdash [Temple], gathered at the "table prepared and set for the meal before the people," upon which is set the Livyosan, the Shor HaBor and the Yayin Meshumar!
Further, and this is essential, the announcement, the commandment and the power to "make me a Sanctuary and I will dwell among them" (as we read in the Torah at Mincha) in regard to building the Third Beis HaMikdash has not yet been received! From this is understood the great need and the urgency to increase with greater vigor and greater force involvement those things which draw closer, hasten and bring in actual reality the Redemption, imminently and immediately.
First of all, in the matter emphasized in Parshas Mishpatim: "Mishpatim" are the details of the laws between people in order to achieve peace (and obviously the absence of its opposite, nullifying the cause of the final exile), which brings the Redemption, as our Sages of blessed memory said about the advantage of justice [mishpat], that "with it Tzion will be built, as it says, Tzion will be redeemed with justice." [This also applies] to tzedekah ("and its captives through tzedekah") and acts of loving kindness, as explained in our Parsha, "If you will lend money to any of my people that is poor" and "Acts of loving kindness are greater than tzedekah."
Also the relevant section of Bava Basra (the "explanation" of parshas Mishpatim in the Oral Torah) explains in detail the concepts of the mitzvah of tzedekah. Among the fundamental ones is "Great is tzedekah for it brings close the Redemption, as it says, "Thus says the L-rd, keep judgment and do justice [tzedekah], for my salvation is near to come and my righteousness to be revealed."
As a continuation of this, there is also the lesson from the beginning of parshas Terumah (which is read at Mincha on Shabbos): "Make me a Sanctuary and I will dwell among them," beginning with the individual sanctuary within each and every Jew ("within it is not written but within them, within each and every one"), within his inner heart. [The Sanctuary should also be] in his house and his room, making it a house of Torah, prayer and acts of loving-kindness. This includes in particular joining in building and expanding synagogues and Houses of Study in a manner of "Take for me terumah... gold and silver and copper" (all thirteen (fifteen) things enumerated in the Torah), through which is accelerated and hastened and effected immediately the building of the third Beis HaMikdash in reality, in the simple sense.
This resolution should bring immediately the reward, bringing the Redemption, imminently and immediately in reality, for then the Melave Malka [the meal after Shabbos], "the meal of Dovid, king Moshiach," will be arranged in partnership with the leader of our generation, our righteous Moshiach, at our head, in our holy land, in Yerushalayim the holy city, in the third Beis HaMikdash.
May it be His Will, and this is the most fundamental matter, that the true and complete Redemption through our righteous Moshiach comes into actual reality imminently and immediately... with all the explanations of "MiYaD" (including as well the acronym that encompasses the generations, Moshe, Yisroel (the Baal Shem Tov), Dovid (king Moshiach)).
And specifically to our generation, that the acronym of "MiYaD" alludes to the three periods connected to my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation: in the order closest to us, Moshiach (Menachem is his name), Yosef Yitzchak, DovBer (the second name of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe).
And all the explanations of "mamosh" [really], and above all immediately in the literal meaning of "mamosh", really, really, really.
(From the talk of Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim, 27 Shvat, Blessing of the New Month Adar I, 5752)
