The Direct Route

Based on the Dvar Malchus of the Shabbos Tazria-Mitzora 5751

After the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach Shlita's shturim last week on Chof Ches Nisan, we will present the Rebbe's next sicha in which he tells us how to bring the Moshiach.

Learn from the parsha

"...As a follow-up to what was said on Chof Ches Nisan on the need for everyone to bring about the redemption, especially now at the end of the month of Nisan when "Kalu kol hakitzin" and finally we've reached the moment when Moshiach has to arrive...therefore we should learn about the connection between this week and the true and complete redemption, thereby making the redemption a reality.

Question

This Shabbos we will learn Pirkei Avos, chapter 2 that starts with the words "Rebbe says, "What is the direct route that a person should choose? One that is good for those who make it as well as for others..." The direct and correct route for a person to choose is the route of Torah.

The Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach asks a simple and obvious question. What does the expression "a direct route" mean? There's only one such route that all of us are aware of, the route of Torah and mitzvos. The question the Mishna asks is seemingly unnecessary.

The Rebbe follows with another question. Why does the Mishna say "Rebbe says" and not Rebbe Yehuda Hanasi says? The Mishna is emphasizing that he is "Rebbe".

How do we bring the Moshiach?

When we say "Rebbe", we mean Moshiach. The same applies to Rebbe Yehuda Hanosi. If his students were zoche (worthy) of bringing about the redemption, he would have been their Moshiach. The same idea applies throughout the generations; the Rebbe of that generation is the Moshiach of that generation. In our Mishna, Rebbe, who is the Moshiach, says that since we finished our avodas Hashem, the Jewish nation is ready for the redemption. There is just a little bit yet to finish.

What then is the easiest and fastest way to bring the Moshiach here?

The Mishna teaches us "Kol Shehi Tiferes". Tiferes is the third of ten sefiros and refers to Torah. What we have to do then is to learn Torah, especially those parts that deal with the redemption and Moshiach.

We can learn about the redemption from the Niviim (Prophets), the Gemara (Talmud), the Midrash, and especially from pnimiyus hatorah (the inner dimensions of the Torah) and Chassidus. The Melech Hamoshiach told the Baal Shem Tov that when the wellsprings of the Torah (pnimiyus hatorah and Chassidus) reach everyone, including the most distant, "on the outskirts", the Moshiach will come. Especially important to make the redemption come faster is to learn maamarim and sichos that deal with the redemption. These things are the teachings of the Moshiach and are a preparation to the "new Torah" of the Rebbe Melech Hamoshiach Shlita, as the Torah teaches us, "Torah chadasha meiti teitzei" (a new Torah will come forth from me).

Tachlis

Everyone, including those who sit and learn Torah, those who make a living, women and us, "Chayolei Tzivos Hashem", has to start learning things that deal with the redemption and Moshiach, and to learn as much as possible.

Better yet, when ten people sit down together and learn things that deal with the redemption and Moshiach, all those present enjoy much more and feel happier, awaiting Moshiach's arrival, and hoping for him to come much faster and sooner.