niftar... the hunger returned. Reb Shimon Bar Yochai said, 'This isn't a kiddush Hashem. The words of tzaddikim exist when they are alive and don't cease after they are niftar. The bounty that comes from a tzaddik is eternal, forever." Based on the above, we can be certain that the tzaddikim continue to perform miracles after their passing, as in during their lifetime. Many brachos come to the Jewish nation in the merit of tzaddikim.
עולמים תשועת 'בה נושע ישראל, "Yisrael receives their salvations from Hashem, an eternal salvation." The roshei teivos spell עין בת. This is a hint that salvations will come to the Jewish nation on the Bas Ayin's yahrtzeit. Also (Tehillim 34:3) states, וישמחו ענוים ישמעו נפשי תתהלל 'בה, "My soul boasts of Hashem; may the humble hear and rejoice." The roshei teivos spell עין בת.
12. The translation of hilulah is chasunah. At a chasunah, the custom is to give gifts. At the hilulah/chasunah, Hashem gives a gift to the tzaddik, which is that Hashem enables the tzaddik to provide goodness to Bnei Yisrael. Obviously, those who are closer to the tzaddik will be from the first to receive the brachos. Therefore, everyone should try to connect to this great tzaddik, either by making a seudah, a l'chayim, or by coming to the kever, each person in his own way. And most important is to learn from this tzaddik's ways and to serve Hashem accordingly. Those who do so will be first in line to receive the yeshuos that the tzaddik brings forth on this day.
The Beis Avraham (Noach) teaches, "On the yahrtzeit of tzaddikim, even if you didn't know them in your lifetime, and you never heard divrei Torah from their mouths, nevertheless, those who go in their ways and get together, tell holy stories, review their lessons, and learn how to serve Hashem, through these means they attain a connection with these tzaddikim."
When the Bas Ayin left Avritz to travel to Eretz Yisrael, many of his chassidim accompanied him to the port of Odessa. The Rebbe was already on the ship, and his chassidim asked him, “How can we maintain our connection with you?”
The Bas Ayin replied that Chazal tell us that we connect with Hashem when we practice Hashem's attributes. "Just as Hashem is compassionate, so shall you be compassionate..." "Similarly," the Bas Ayin said, "if you emulate the middos I labored over and have trained myself in since my youth, we will remain connected. Even when we are miles apart, we will be connected as though we are face-to-face. I have three primary middos that I trained myself to be cautious with since my youth. They are never to speak lashon hara, never to tell a lie, and to be distant from gaavah. If you also take on yourselves these three attributes, we will remain united."
Indeed, these three middos are primary themes in his holy sefer Bas Ayin.
(The Bas Ayin is buried in a cave. To get to his kever, one needs to bend down low. Tzaddikim said that this exemplifies the Bas Ayin’s humility. Even to get to his grave, one must lower himself.)
