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

- Regarding Kollel Chabad -

In connection with the Melaveh Malka gathering for the benefit of the institution Kollel Chabad that takes place on Motza'ei Shabbat Kodesh Parshat Beha'alotcha - we must mention and arouse regarding the greatness of the virtue and importance of Kollel Chabad:

It is known and famous regarding the greatness of the affection and effort of our holy Rebbes for the benefit of Kollel Chabad,

starting from the Alter Rebbe,

founder of the kollel and its president,

who,

in several holy letters extraordinarily praised and magnified the virtue of the charity of Kollel Chabad,

'charity of the Holy Land',

and part of them were printed together with the book Tanya

(by the son of the Gaon author)

as the fourth part of the book Tanya²,

and subsequent to this all our holy Rebbes exerted themselves for the benefit of Kollel Chabad

(his successors also in the presidency of the kollel)

in later generations,

until His Holy Honored Father-in-law, our Master, Teacher, and Rebbe, the President of our generation.

And since by Divine providence the gathering for the benefit of the kollel takes place on Motza'ei Shabbat Kodesh - we should connect this with the weekly portion,

Parshat Beha'alotcha,

as follows.

'When you raise up the lamps, toward

the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps give light'³:

And the content of the commandment 'toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps give light' - that all the detailed matters of 'the seven lamps',

the seven types 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' of the seven lamps,

until 'the face of the menorah',

the innerness of the menorah,

'the innerness of the Supernal Will that is drawn and shines toward the face of the menorah'.

And we may add,

that this matter also applies to each and every Jew in particular - because,

in every individual soul there are all seven attributes that correspond to the seven modes of service of the seven attributes,

namely,

that in every lamp

('the lamp of G-d is the soul of man')

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in particular 'the seven lamps'; and this is what is meant by 'toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps give light' - that the service in the details 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 we may say,

that this matter applies and is particularly emphasized in 'Kollel Chabad':

First and foremost in the name 'Kollel Chabad': 'Chabad',

Chochmah, Binah, Da'at - they are the root and source of the seven attributes,

'the seven lamps'.

And 'Kollel Chabad' - it is the general of Chabad and consequently also the general of the seven attributes

(lamps/ general of the menorah.

And further and mainly - in the service of 'Kollel Chabad': the content of the work of Kollel Chabad is the assistance and support to

(each and every one of)

Israel, men, women, and children,

material assistance,

charity in its simple sense,

and spiritual assistance,

spiritual charity,

through spreading Torah and Judaism and spreading the wellsprings outward,

through which is brought about the unification and inclusion of all the Children of Israel

('kollel')

,

both in material charity²,

for 'through one doing kindness with his body to his fellow, he recognizes that he loves him and comes to brotherhood and peace',

and

(and all the more so)

in spiritual charity,

through which is brought about the unity and inclusion of all the Children of Israel

('kollel')

with the Holy One, blessed be He,

in a manner that 'toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps give light'.

And we may add,

that the matter of 'toward the face of

the menorah shall the seven lamps give light' is accomplished through the presidents of the collective,

our holy Rebbes in every generation,

from the Alter Rebbe until His Holy Honored Father-in-law, our Master, Teacher, and Rebbe, the President of our generation,

for,

'the president is everything'

being "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 life-force spreads to all the limbs of the body,

and through it the governance of the entire body is carried out⁵,

and its parallel in the analogy,

that through the Nasi of the generation all spiritual and physical influences are drawn down for all the people of the generation,

and moreover, primarily,

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

to the extent that "toward the face of the menorah shall the seven lamps give light,"

that they become illuminated and permeated with the light as the inner aspect of the menorah,

"the innermost aspect of the Supernal Will,"

which is drawn and shines through the inner dimension of the Torah that has been revealed in the Torah of Chassidut of our Nesi'im,

through which is effected the unity of the innermost aspect

(dead ones)

of the soul with the innermost aspect

(hidden)

of the Holy One, blessed be He."

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

(with their soul, body, and money)

of the Chabad collective should themselves be in the category of "Chabad collective,"

through this, that his individual service should be in the manner of "toward the face of the menorah shall the seven

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lamps give light,"

and he will thus affect also his fellow,

and even affect all of the children of Israel.

And moreover, and this is the main point - that through the increase in the mitzvah of charity² which "brings the redemption closer"⁶,

and especially charity for the Land of Israel,

we bring near and hasten and bring immediately the true and complete redemption through our righteous Moshiach,

for then there will be the true unity and integration of all the children of Israel,

"the seven lamps,"

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

that they are gathered and become one entity,

"a menorah of pure gold,"

"hammered out of one piece of gold, from its base to its flower, it shall be made of one piece."

And simply - that "with our young and our old etc., with our sons and our daughters"⁸ gather from the four

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 tripartite,

since it includes all the Holy Temples

(both the First Temple and the Second Temple)

²⁵,

and we see the kindling of the menorah by Aharon in actual practice,

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

before the third meal

[which is connected with the third redemption and the third Holy Temple, and certainly before the fourth meal,

"Escort the Queen,"

"the meal of King Moshiach"²,

the fourth leg of the Chariot¹³

[connected with the redemption as it is counted as the fourth redemption

(redemption from the four exiles¹⁴)

,

in which will be "the Throne complete"¹⁵,

a throne of four legs¹⁶-]

,

immediately and directly.

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