The unique advantage of the 19th of Kislev of this year is that it occurs after the completion of the eighty-ninth year, in Gematria "Redeem." The Redemption from every thing that obstructed and hindered the coming of Dovid the King Moshiach, "who reviled the footsteps of your Moshiach," (as Psalm Redeem-89 [PaDaH--Pey-Tes] concludes) has been completed. We find ourselves already in the ninetieth [Tzaddik] year, connected with the third Redemption and the third Temple.
...In these times - the days of Moshiach- in which we now find ourselves, we only need "to open the eyes." Then we will see that the true and complete Redemption already exists, in the simple sense. All the Jewish people, "with our youth and our aged, etc., with our sons and our daughters," are prepared, in every single, last detail, "to approach and sit at the table," the table prepared with every delicacy and delight, beginning with those of the Redemption, Livyosan, Shor HaBor and Yayin Meshumar.
Also, [the Jewish people are ready for] the most important thing, "to know G-d," "the world will be filled with knowledge of the L-rd as the waters cover the ocean bed."
(From the talk of the end of 19 - beginning of 20 Kislev 5752 - in a group private audience)
In all that has been said this year, what requires the most emphasis is what the times require: the true and complete Redemption through our righteous Moshiach.
As has been said frequently of late, all the requirements have already been completed and we only need to greet our righteous Moshiach in actual reality. This will be hastened even more through learning Torah in general, and in particular through learning all of the Talmud as divided on Yud Tes Kislev, when the inner teachings of Torah were given. For through "engaging in Torah study, etc." one realizes "Redeem my soul in peace" - "A Redemption for me and my children from the nations of the world," through the true and complete emancipation and Redemption.
(Pamphlet on the occasion of the completion of the division of the Talmud for study, 19 Kislev - Sefer HaSichos 5752, p. 491)
