Woman and Girls – Study and Teach Chassidus
This matter is applicable to each and every Jewish person, man and woman alike. The study and dissemination of Chassidus is clearly relevant to Jewish women and girls as well; in fact, it is extremely important that they engage in these matters – for doing so will bring Moshiach.
Study Pada VeShalom from Its Text
We may have previously studied the Mittler Rebbe’s Chassidic discourse “Pada VeShalom”; nevertheless, we should now study it again from its text – for the mere sight of its words makes the topic more comprehensible.
Torah, Avodah and Gemilas Chassadim
We should now resolve to increase and bolster all three basic modes of divine service: Torah study, prayer and acts of kindness.
This is in keeping with our Sages’ teaching on the verse “Pada VeShalom” (the title of the Mittler Rebbe’s discourse), that “All who occupy themselves with Torah study, acts of kindness and who pray with the congregation – I [Hashem] reckon it as if they have redeemed Myself and My sons [the Jewish people] from Exile.”
Congregational Prayers
In keeping with the above teaching, we should place great emphasis on praying with a congregation. Moreover, the larger the congregation, the better – in fulfillment of the verse, “The glory of a King is in a multitude of subjects.”
Pray Till You Shvitz
We should place extra emphasis on the service of prayer, and – following the Mittler Rebbe’s example – exert such effort into this service that we physically drip with sweat.
Physical Affairs with Chassidic Warmth
Each of us should take a lesson from the Mittler Rebbe, and place extra effort into making the warmth and vitality that stems from our Yiddishkeit and Chassidishkeit felt even within our material preoccupations – to the extent that our spiritual and physical affairs merge to form a single entity.
Use Every Moment
We should carry out all of the above directives with great alacrity and swiftness, in keeping with the Mishnah’s teaching, “Run to do a Mitzvah!” We should snatch the opportunities presented by each and every moment of this auspicious day to implement these directives.
