Daily Dose of Geulah: To Bring the Redemption with Joy

mimivan

Fri, Feb 06 2009, 7:18 am

Chassidus explains that “joy breaks through boundaries.” Joy can enable a Jew to break through his various limitations and attain the highest achievements

Moshiach is also defined as the one who breaks through boundaries, as it is said, “the one who breaks through boundaries rises before them – this is Melech HaMoshiach.”

We learn from this that by “joy breaking through boundaries,”we bring the True and Complete Redemption ,when “Then our mouths will be filled with laughter.”

..to the point that in the Future to Come, the joy will be at the fullest level-joy in G-d will then be on account of His being and essence, of our own accord, as on the level of tzaddikim, so it will be for every Jew.

(Shabbos Parshas Bshalach 5752)
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There’s a story about one of the great tzaddikim that when he was a small child, he asked his father for an apple. When is father refused to give it to him, the child cleverly and quickly said the bracha “Borei Pri HaEitz.” Since his father didn’t want to see his son violate the prohibition against making a bracha in vain, he immediately gave the fruit to the child.

Regarding the subject of Redemption, we must also be “clever” and conduct ourselves as did this child; If we start already being joyful with the joy of Redemption out of absolute faith that G-d will quickly send us the Moshiach, this joy itself will compel G-d as it were to send Moshiach immediately.” \

-The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (Likkutie Sichos, Vol 20 Parshas Lech Lecha)
Translated by Michoel Leib Dobry