However, if the person giving the love is distant from HaKadosh Baruch Hu, the results will be diminished. But if he is a Yid, a yerei Shamayim who is searching for Hashem and pines for Him, then he is transmitting “Ribbono shel Olam” through his connection... and this causes the barriers to fall away completely.
The generation before Mashiach will also merit revelation of Elokus, G-dliness, even though we will find ourselves in a lower state. But which vessel of Torah will be employed? In what way will we bring HaKadosh Baruch Hu to this generation? By having a Yidden who will be fervent in their emunah, by having Yidden who will daven fervently... and by Yidden who will love other Yidden—igniting their souls through love.
And the more elevated and holy these Yidden are, the more they will impact the Yidden whom they love. And, in essence, this is the avodah of tzaddikim: Uplifting other Yidden through their ahavas Yisrael. A tzaddik who is holy, pure, and refined, and then he loves Yidden... he is moser nefesh for other Yidden... he davens all night for Yidden in need, working on behalf of other Yidden—amid a strong spirit of emunah and bitachon—and he listens to another Yid as he unburdens himself, carrying his load, and the load of so many others... this is how he transmits G-dliness into the hearts of other Yidden, again and again. This is what will redeem Klal Yisrael from the bitter galus. With this we will go toward Mashiach. And this is why it is important for every Yid to work on this avodah, each according to his madreigah.
