Lebin mit Moshiach - Parshas Noach
As we conclude the month of Tishrei, a month filled with festivals during which we do not recite tachnun (from Erev Yom Kippur until the end of the month), and when we resume saying tachnun in the month of Cheshvan (after Rosh Chodesh), we are not yet accustomed to reciting tachnun because this period remains influenced by the Yomim Tovim, especially before the seventh of Cheshvan.
The cheshbon tzedek ("just accounting") and the subsequent teshuva are forms of simcha. Additionally, the teshuva tata’a (lower teshuva), which precedes Shabbos, is also included.
This is emphasized during this week's parshat Noach, which marks the first full week of avodah in a regular weekday setting. It is now a time for us to take a cheshbon tzedek—a true accounting of where we stand.
The Previous Rebbe, Nasi Doreinu, stated that all aspects of our avodah have already been completed, including the "polishing of the buttons," and that we stand ready to accept and greet our righteous Moshiach. The purpose of the "just accounting" conducted during this period is the immediate need for the true and complete Redemption to come into actual reality.
To elaborate:
Although a person recognizes their own situation and acknowledges that there are things that need to be rectified, this does not, G‑d forbid, contradict the statement of the Previous Rebbe, our nasi doreinu, that we have already completed the Divine Service and stand ready to greet our righteous Moshiach. Over the course of the generations, during the time of exile, the Jewish people have collectively concluded and perfected the avoda required to bring the complete Redemption, which depends on "our deeds and service during the entire period of exile" (Tanya, ch. 37).
There is absolutely no explanation or justification for the delay of the Redemption. Therefore, even if something has been lacking in an individual's Divine service during the period of the delay, this is a personal matter that must be addressed and corrected.
However, this does not diminish—G‑d forbid—the completeness and perfection of the "actions and service" of the Jewish people as a whole, which stand ready for the Redemption.
This is why the personal avoda of rectification and completion for an individual is easier and can be undertaken with joy, knowing that the true and complete Geula is imminent.
The entire Jewish people are compared to one body, and the deficiency of an individual is merely a minor, external ailment that can be healed easily and quickly—especially through the healing power of teshuva.
If this was said by the Previous Rebbe, Nasi Doreinu, in his time, how much more so now—after several decades have passed and we have attained greater and deeper understanding.
As we prepare to read Parshas Lech Lecha, which signifies a double "going forth"—a hastened exodus from golus—this will be fulfilled as it is written, "And behold! With the clouds of heaven" (Daniel 7:13). All the predetermined times have certainly passed, and teshuva has already been completed. Now, the redemption depends solely on our righteous Moshiach himself!
