Our many discussion of late all indicate that we are now standing on the threshold of Redemption, when "Behold he (Moshiach) is coming" and immediately thereafter, it can be read as he has already come.
One can accordingly appreciate that the nature of the Jewish people's service during Simchas Torah and its extension throughout the year, particularly this year, is one that is permeated with the ideal of Redemption and Moshiach. This means, that the manner in which a Jew conducts his daily activities, even as we stand in exile immediately before the Redemption, is a sampling of and analogous to the way of life and conduct that will occur in the actual Messianic Age.
[This is also the reason for the recent emphasis on learning the "laws of Moshiach," i.e., the laws that relate to the life of a Jew in the Era of Redemption.]
One of the essential features of the future era (as stated in Tanya, cited earlier), is that we will experience fully the state expressed in the verse: "You have shown us to know that G-d is the L-rd, there is none else besides Him."
The entire world will manifest that there is no other existence save G-d, "There is none besides Him."
The life of a Jew must also reflect a similar sense and feeling that "There is none besides Him." This means that not only should the intent and objective of all worldly matters be G-dliness, so that one's service will be in a manner that "All of your deeds are for the sake of Heaven," and "Know Him in all of your ways," but also the worldly matters themselves are G-dliness. Although the "secular" still exists, and they remain "your deeds" and "your ways," they become infused with a holy objective. One does not even begin to "detect" any other existence, because, "there is nothing else but G-d..."
This might provide us with a rationalization for the bizarre delay of the Redemption. The reason is that Jewish people have lacked the integrity in the level of Divine service that is: "I was not created except for serving my maker." Only with this understanding can one attain the Redemption that will be characterized by the type of Divine service in which "there is nothing else besides Him." However, this impediment has now also been removed and "everything is (therefore) ready for the feast," a reference to the feast of the Leviathan and the Wild Ox and the preserved wine that will occur during the true and complete Redemption, imminently and in actuality.
...According to our sages, the verse, "Do not touch My anointed ones (Meshichoi), refers to the children who study Torah."
1. Shir Hashirim 2:8 and Shir Hashirim Rabah on this verse. 2. [The Hebrew word "Ba" can be translated both in the present tense as well as in the past tense. Translator's note.] 3. Va'eschanan 4:35.
