English translation — חלק משיחת ש״פ בהעלותך, י״ט סיון ה׳תנש״א

- regarding Kollel Chabad -

In connection with the Melaveh Malkah gathering for the benefit of the Kollel Chabad institution that takes place on Motzaei Shabbat Kodesh Parshat Beha'alotcha - we must mention and arouse regarding the great merit and importance of Kollel Chabad:

It is known and publicized regarding the greatness of the affection and efforts of our Rabbis, our leaders, for the benefit of Kollel Chabad,

starting from the Admur HaZaken,

The founder of the Kollel and its president,

who,

in several holy letters greatly elaborated and magnified the virtue of charity of the Chabad Kollel,

"Tzedekas Eretz HaKodesh",

and some were printed together with the Tanya

(by the sons of the gaon, the author)

as the fourth part of the Tanya²,

And in continuation of this, all our Rebbeim and Nesiyaim labored for the benefit of the Chabad Kollel

(those who fill his place also in the presidency of the kollel)

In the generations that followed,

until the Lubavitcher Rebbe, my father-in-law, the Rebbe, president of our generation.

And since, with Divine Providence, the party for the benefit of the kollel takes place on Motzaei Shabbos Kodesh - it is necessary to connect this with the weekly parshah,

Parshat Behaalotecha,

as follows.

"When you raise up the lamps, toward

"Opposite the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps shine."² :

"The seven lamps" refers to the souls of Israel as they are divided into seven types,

"For the soul is called a lamp,

as it is written: 'The soul of man is the lamp of G‑d'"⁵,

that burns and shines

(in the manner of "when you raise",

"until the flame rises on its own",

as above at length)

Through "a lamp is a mitzvah and Torah is light"⁷,

And since there are "seven levels in the service of G‑d,

there is one who serves from love etc."⁵,

corresponding to the seven middot,

the souls of Israel are divided into seven types,

"the seven lamps".

And "the menorah",

"of hammered gold, from its base to its flower it is hammered" — refers to the entirety of Yisrael,

A menorah of gold, all of it

(as it is written in the haftorah of our parshah - Beha'aloscha)

.

And the content of the commandment "Toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps give light" - that all the details of the matters of "the seven lamps",

the seven categories of souls of Israel that are divided into seven levels in the service of G‑d,

will be united and included in the "menorah" which is the "general principle" of the seven lamps,

up to "the face of the menorah",

the innerness of the menorah,

"The inwardness of the Supreme Will, which is drawn down and illuminates opposite the face of the Menorah,""'.

And we may add,

that this matter also remains in every single Jew in particular — because,

In every individual soul there are all seven attributes, corresponding to which are the seven modes of service of the seven attributes,

namely,

that in every candle

("The candle of G‑d is the soul of man")

there are

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In particular, "the seven lamps"; and as our verse says, "Toward the face of the Menorah shall the seven lamps illuminate" - that the work in the particulars of the seven attributes is illuminated and permeated by the general

(the essence)

of the soul,

and until the root of the soul as it is rooted in His Essence, blessed be He

("the face of the Menorah")

.

And it can be said,

that this matter is especially relevant and emphasized in the “Kollel Chabad”:

First and foremost, in the name “Kollel Chabad”: “Chabad”,

Chochmah, Binah, Daat – they are the root and source of the seven middot,

“the seven lamps”.

And “Kollel Chabad” is the collective of Chabad, and consequently also the collective of the seven middot.

(Candles/ generalities of the Menorah.

And furthermore, the main point - in the service of the "Kollel Chabad": the content of the service of Kollel Chabad is the help and assistance to

(each one of)

Israel, men, women and children,

material help,

charity in its simple sense,

and spiritual help,

spiritual charity,

Through the dissemination of Torah and Judaism and the spreading of the wellsprings outward,

through which is achieved the unification and integration of all Jews

("including")

,

both in material charity²,

that "through one performing kindness with his body to his fellow, he recognizes that he loves him and comes to brotherhood and peace",

and both

(and certainly so)

In spiritual charity,

through which is achieved the unity and inclusion of all Israel

("including")

with the Holy One, blessed be He,

in a manner that "toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps illuminate".

And it should be added,

that the concept of "toward the face

the menorah shall the seven lamps illuminate" is accomplished through the leaders of the community,

Our Rabbeim, the Nesiim in every generation,

From the Alter Rebbe to the Rebbe, the Nasi of our generation,

For,

"the Nasi is everything"

for he is the "head of the children of Israel",

similar to the "head" which includes the life-force of all the limbs of the body,

and from it the life-force spreads to all the limbs of the body,

and through it the governance of the entire body is conducted⁵,

And its parallel in the allegory,

that through the Nasi of the generation all spiritual and physical influences"׳ are drawn to all the people of the generation,

And furthermore, the main point,

that through him all the people of the generation are united and incorporated to become "menorah of pure gold" in actuality and in revelation,

and until "opposite the face of the menorah the seven lamps shall illuminate",

that they become illuminated and permeated with the light like the essence of the menorah,

"essence of the Supreme Will",

which is drawn and shines through the essence of the Torah that was revealed in the teachings of Chassidut of our Rebbeim - the Nesi'im,

through which the unity of pnimiyus is achieved

(dead)

the soul with the pnimiyus

(hidden)

of Hashem.

And may it be His will that each one of the participants and helpers and supporters

(in their soul, body, and possessions)

to the Chabad collective, he himself will be in the aspect of "Chabad collective,"

through this, that his private service be in the manner of "toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lights illuminate"

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the lights",

and he will effect this also in his fellow,

even to the point of action in all of the children of Israel.

Moreover, and this is the main point - that through the increase in the mitzvah of charity"² which "brings the redemption near"²,

and especially charity of Eretz Yisrael,

they hasten and hurry and bring immediately the true and complete redemption through our righteous Mashiach,

that then there will be the true unity and inclusiveness of the Children of Israel,

"the seven lamps,"

as it is written²² "yet I will gather others to him besides those already gathered,"

that they gather and become a single entity,

"a wholly golden Menorah,"

"from its base to its flower, hammered out of one piece of gold!"

And simply - that 'with our young and our old etc., with our sons and our daughters'² gather from four

the corners of the earth

(from all seven “from Ashur and from Egypt etc.”²²)

and come to our holy land,

to Jerusalem, the holy city, and to the Holy Temple,

the third Holy Temple,

which is also triple,

because it includes all the Holy Temples

(also the first Temple and the second Temple)

²⁵,

And they see the actual kindling of the Menorah by Aharon in actuality,

And immediately and directly - between the evenings of this holy Shabbos"²,

before the third meal

[which is connected to the third redemption and the third Beis HaMikdash, and certainly before the fourth meal,

"Melaveh Malkah",

"Seudasah D'David Malka Meshicha""²,

the fourth leg of the Merkavah²

[that is connected with the Redemption as enumerated as the fourth redemption

(redemption from the four exiles"²-)

,

in which "the throne will be complete"²,

a four-legged throne²-]

,

immediately and at once.

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