On the 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, Jews around the world gather together for joyous celebrations in honor of "Yud Tet Kislev." Yud Tet Kislev, is the day on which, in 1798, Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of the Chabad Chasidic movement, was released from Czarist imprisonment. In a letter written soon after his release from prison, Rabbi Shneur Zalman wrote that he received the good news about his freedom when he was reading the daily portion of Psalms and specifically the verse (55:19): "[G-d] has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me, for many were with me."
This was not merely a coincidence, but most assuredly Divine Providence. The Rebbe explains the message that this Divine Providence has for each one of us: Everybody is in need of a personal liberation from all the difficulties and hindrances encountered in daily life which hamper the attainment of our goals--both material and spiritual.
Our Sages in the Talmud commented on the above-mentioned verse: "G-d said, 'A person who engages in Torah, and in acts of loving-kindness, and prays with the congregation is regarded by Me as if he redeemed Me and My children from among the nations of the world.'"
In this way, our Sages emphasize that the personal redemption of every Jew, as well as of the Jewish people together with G-d (so to speak), is directly linked with the dissemination of the Torah, acts of benevolence ("duties towards our fellow-Jews"); and prayer ("duties towards G-d").
