English translation — ש״פ קריז, וז׳ תמוז

by us

(in the upper hemisphere)

״⁸ — why did the Almighty bring about a descent of the most extreme,

to uproot his place from the upper hemisphere and establish him in the lower hemisphere

(And as the Rebbe, my master, father-in-law, the Admor, said,

that,

“Twenty exiles exiled to Lubavitch,”

and the last

(hardest)

exile was coming into exile America")

And even not — a non-Jew in another place² in the upper hemisphere?

One will understand it by first introducing the connection of the holiday of redemption, 12-13 Tammuz, specifically with this month,

so that the entire month is called in the custom of many Jews after this — 'the month of redemption'.

It has been said several times,

that the content of the month of Tammuz — which today is the first Shabbat of the month¹⁴ — is indicated in its name in the Written Torah — 'the fourth month'

Sefer HaSichos - 5749

To a fourth level

(the vessel and the receiving surface)

As it stands in the general order of the chain of descent — the three worlds: Atzilus, Beriah, and Yetzirah

(all — the aspect of the influencer)

and then the fourth world — the world of Asiyah

(the aspect of the recipient)

And similarly is the difference between the third month and the fourth month²⁰: the giving of the Torah in the third month is the aspect of "reward" and the giving of the Torah and commandments from Above; and the fourth month is on the level of "poor,"

which receives the influence from the giving of the Torah in the third month,

the service according to the instructions of the Torah.

And although the service of a Jew in the world

(in the fourth month)

is a descent relative to the revelation from Above

(in the third month)

— the completeness of the influence from Above is specifically when it comes down below,

Until then it is accepted by the recipient and within the recipient,

And on the contrary: specifically through the descent below is fulfilled the complete intention of the Holy One, blessed be He, to have for Himself, may He be blessed, a dwelling place in the lower realms²¹,

And the completeness of the giving of the Torah is fulfilled — that it be drawn and permeate! the person below,

Until — the entire world.

Just as it is in the worlds: although the World of Action is the lowest world,

And is separated from

The content of the fourth month

(the service of the lower one,

the recipient)

is further emphasized by the fact that the special fast day of the month, which is mentioned in the Written Torah, is — "the fast of the fourth [month]"²³,

the fast of the seventeenth of Tamuz, which is a general matter in the month,

as understood from the fact that the fast is related to the entire month — "the fast of the fourth"²:

The "five undesirable things" that occurred on the fast of the fourth²⁵

(and because of this it is a fast day)

— starting from "the tablets were broken"

(At the end of the forty days of the Giving of the Torah)

And then "the city was breached",

With which the destruction of the Holy Temple and the exile began,

until this last exile

(after the destruction of the Second Temple)

— they emphasize even more the descent downward that occurs in the fourth month.

That is,

Thus, in addition to the descent of the "fourth month" in general

(regarding the third month)

the descent into this lower world

(regarding all three upper worlds)

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Sefer HaSichos - 5749

The elevation of the fourth month came out more revealed in the later generations — through the redemption of the Rebbe my father-in-law on 12-13 Tammuz*³

(and its beginning — on 3 Tammuz³⁵)

which has

(Over)

-made the entire month into a "month of redemption":

The imprisonment came because of the darkness of the exile

(which began

(by hint)

on the seventeenth of Tammuz, even during the time when the Beis HaMikdash stood)

and especially in that country in those days, even before Dovid's imprisonment,

a imprisonment in the most severe manner,

combined with suffering and torture,

until having that government's decision of the opposite of life, G-d forbid!

and specifically through the descent

(for the time being)

came out

(not only the release of the prisoner and the redemption to a state as it was before the arrest,

but)

a supreme elevation

[Until then, after some time — one saw with intellect and with fleshly eyes how the course of events of the imprisonment was in its inner essence — because of the elevation)

The redemption

(and the self-sacrifice of the master of the redemption that came to be revealed through the imprisonment)

has revealed that also from the side of the recipient,

from the side of the lower beings³⁶,

should

Shas Kadach,

Hashem T'mach

And further

(as discussed at length previously⁰*)

: Because the generation

(of the Baal HaGeulah)

is the last generation of exile and the first generation of redemption,

is his redemption the final stage of the redemption,

But preparation for the true and complete redemption

[As is known, every aspect of redemption

(Even a redemption that is "not⁴ a redemption from exile but rather that He will redeem us from the troubles that come upon us, etc.",

is connected with the true and complete redemption

(from the exile)

All the more so, a redemption through a Nasi of Israel in matters of disseminating Torah and spreading Judaism and the wellsprings outward,

which brings the redemption]

Until then, in this generation in general and in the redemption in particular — begins the "taste"

(Those who taste life merit it)

⁴² of the future redemption,

Including even — to feel the innerness of the descent,

Including from this to the fourth — is a humble ascent,

Until the revelation of the future to come when the fourth fast will be turned into joy and gladness — through that which before the fourth fast comes the holiday of redemption,

Which causes and reveals that the entire month is a "month of redemption"⁴³.

Accordingly, it can be said that this is exactly why the Almighty led the Master of the Redemption and the place of dissemination of Torah and Chassidus specifically in the lower hemisphere:

Namely, there is the activity in the time of the fourth month

(regarding the third month,

the month of Matan Torah)

— this is also expressed in place

[as is known that time and place go together⁴⁴]

Just as it was at the Giving of the Torah: the main avodah of Yidden with their own koach begins when they leave the month of the third,

the time of the Giving of the Torah,

and from the place where the G‑d of the Torah was

(Har Sinai)

as long as they stand "near"

(the Giving of the Torah ²)

Har Sinai they are under its influence as one man with one heart⁴⁵.

Regarding this distinction, it was by the Master of the Redemption: The results from the

(From imprisonment and redemption) he arrived after the service several matters in the southern hemisphere,

where it was "not the Giving of the Torah"

(as above)

and all the hidden and concealed things that were in the exile of America

(where for many years the assumption prevailed among some Jews that 'America is different')

*⁴ — with the intention to make this place — a place of Torah⁴⁷,

to the place of the Giving of the Torah — as the Torah commands•⁴ just as there

(at the Giving of the Torah)

— so too here with awe and fear, trembling and sweating — specifically David, for David himself details the completeness of the influence

(of the Giving of the Torah in the third month and in the upper hemisphere)

because the influence from

(the Giving of)

the Torah reaches openly even to the lowest

Sefer HaSichos - 5749

Mateh

(In the lower hemisphere, where Matan Torah was not in revelation)

And is accepted by the recipient

(Bechiyas Revi'i)

So that this becomes a place of Torah and the Giving of the Torah.

That means,

that even though the arrival in the lower hemisphere was a galus within a galus — after all the exiles that Lubavitch was exiled

["from Lubavitch to Rostov,

from Rostov in galus to Petersburg,

from Petersburg in galus to Latvia,

from Latvia in galus to Poland,

and from Poland etc. in galus to America"*⁴]

And it is understood the lot of the descent of exile,

as it makes it harder for a Jew to perform his service

(even in matters of the mission from the service of the Nasi of Israel, his holy honor, my master, father-in-law, the Rebbe)

— nevertheless,

specifically there is carried out the intention of

(the Giving of the)

Torah,

that it should reach down to the lowest level,

And making a dwelling place for Him, blessed be He, in the lower realms.

And the reason (can be said) is,

Because, as we come ever closer to the future redemption,

it is necessary to reach the lower clarification

(the recipient)

making him even more worthy and a vessel to be a dwelling place for Him, blessed be He,

as it will be in the completeness of revelation in the future to come, speedily.

Therefore, the order of service in the history of the Jewish people is,

So previously Jews were in one place

(in Eretz Yisrael)

And from there emerged the light of Torah and mitzvos throughout the entire world⁵¹,

the-

after — is the Babylonian exile,

and primarily — until in the exile of Edom,

Jews have become scattered apart,

One⁵² of them was exiled to Barbary,

And one of them to Tremitya, etc.,

And from generation to generation — they became further spread,

In order to accomplish the refinement of the world in every place in a manner from below to above,

But still only in the upper hemisphere,

(And from there the light and air spread to the lower hemisphere)

; until it came still closer to the Redemption,

And Jews in a great multitude came also into the lower hemisphere,

until this time when the master of the redemption came here — in order to accomplish in this place the clarification,

through which the completeness of the influence from the Giving of the Torah is carried out,

as above.

And one can say further:

In addition to that, in the fourth month

(and in the lower hemisphere)

the completeness of the influence from above occurs in the third month.

Through that which arrives and is received by the recipient — there comes a further element,

that through the work of the recipient

(in the aspect of the fourth)

the recipient becomes a giver

(from below to above)

which also effects a novelty in the matter of the third month

(the Giving of the Torah)

As it is in the totality of the worlds,

Then in addition to that which the completeness of the influence of G‑dliness in the worlds

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Sefer HaSichos - 5749

(The explanation

(and avodah)

of "Lubavitch"⁵⁷)

Regarding how it was through our Nesi'im who preceded him in the upper hemisphere

(including air in the town "Lubavitch")

And in a manner that specifically from his place in the lower hemisphere the wellsprings are spread outward,

across the entire world,

Also in the upper hemisphere — "ופרצת"⁵ ימה וקדמה וצפונה ונגבה״⁵ — in a much broader manner than it was until then,

beginning in the year 5700 (1940),

when the Baal HaGeulah arrived here,

And then during the ten years

(until 5710)

that he performed his avodah,

and also afterwards — in a manner of a continuous, productive, and spreading action through his students and emissaries,

and especially when one holds

And one should connect this with the current Torah portion

(as is known that the festivals of the year have a connection to the Torah portions that are read when the festivals occur]

— Parshas Korach,

According to what is explained, there is chassidus⁶² in Korach's claim, "All the congregation are holy, and Hashem is among them; why do you lift yourselves above the assembly of Hashem?" — so the very claim of Korach is a contentious one,

Because he saw the virtue that exists specifically in the recipient,

in lower ones

(in the aspect of fourth)

even regarding the influencer,

higher ones

(aspect of third)

— because specifically in lower ones the intention is actualized

(of the Holy One, blessed be He, desiring to have a dwelling place in the lower realms)

In the lower realms; his mistake, however, was,

that the revealed advantage will be only in the future to come

(as it is said, "a woman shall encompass a man")

after that there is the preparatory work of the drawing down and influence from the upper realms into the lower realms,

And the final refinement of the lower [realm]

(Levi from the aspect of Gevurot)

And which comes through the fact that he first receives from the upper one

(Kohen, man of Chesed)

And accordingly, one may say the inner explanation

("the wine of Torah")

in the first