English translation — בס"ד. שיחה לילדי "צבאות השם" שיחיו - בבית הכנסת - יום ג' פ' בהו"ב, ל"ג בעומר ה'תשמ"ב.

They recited the twelve verses and sayings of our Sages¹.

Afterwards they sang "We Want Moshiach Now".

We have all gathered together now on a joyful day,

the joyful day of Lag BaOmer,

as Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai said that the day of Lag BaOmer

(his day of passing and celebration)

is his day of joy²,

so much so that it is a great joy³,

a day of joy and very great joy,

and he

(Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai)

requested,

that every Jew and all Jews,

during his time and in the generations after him,

until the end of all generations,

should be joyful on this day⁴.

And he indicated with what the joy

(on Lag BaOmer)

must be connected:

The simple reason why Lag BaOmer is the day of joy of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai is,

because then he attained the highest levels in his unification with the Supreme One

(and with His Torah)⁵.

And it can be said that this joy is similar to the concept of "Yismach Yisrael be'Ossav"⁶ and "Yismach Hashem be'Maasav"⁷ –

how they are connected one with the other⁸,

as explained in Tanya⁹

(as you just recited in the twelve verses and sayings of our Sages):

"Yismach Yisrael be'Ossav, meaning that whoever is of the seed of Israel should rejoice in the joy of Hashem, Who rejoices and is glad in His dwelling in the lower realms",

which is "Yismach Hashem be'Maasav" –

Because on this day of Lag BaOmer

(when Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai was elevated on high)

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,

who

(in his case)

was "

(Yismach)

Yisrael be'Ossav",

became even more unified with the Supreme One,

with "Hashem

(the portion of Hashem that is found)

be'Maasav",

and consequently with "Yismach Hashem be'Maasav",

meaning that the joy of Hashem in His works became his joy

(the joy of Yisrael be'Ossav)

more than before.

And from this every Jew has the instruction with what the joy must be connected on this day of Lag BaOmer

(the day of great joy of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,

who requested that one should then be in great joy) –

that this must be a joy of "Yismach Yisrael be'Ossav" and "Yismach Hashem be'Maasav",

and how they are connected –

one with the other.

Of course, one cannot compare oneself to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,

and consequently also not to his manner of joy on this day of Lag BaOmer –

But Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai has the power to effect,

that his entire generation and the generations after him should also stand on his level.

Similar to a giant¹⁰,

a "giant",

can place a very small child on his shoulders,

on his "shoulders"

(shoulders)

and on his head,

and then the small child can see very far,

even though by himself he is only a little one. That is:

the giant can instill powers into the small child,

the little boy,

or the little girl, so that they can see very far and reach very high,

if they only utilize the powers that the giant instills in them.

So too in our matter:

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai has placed all Jews, even very small children, on his "shoulders",

meaning he instills powers into all Jews in all generations,

even to very small children,

a little boy or a little girl,

so that they can reach very high and succeed very much,

The small child

(and every Jew)

must still utilize the powers that the "giant",

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,

has instilled in him,

and conduct himself according to the instructions of the "giant",

and do this with joy

(as Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai indicated) –

and then,

even though the small child by himself is very little,

he actually sees "very far",

he reaches very high and succeeds very much,

because he has powers from the "giant",

from Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,

and additionally there is also the joy that the "giant" has from the conduct of the small child whom he has placed on his "shoulders".

From this it is understood that when one conducts himself according to the instructions of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai –

every Jew,

even a very small child,

can attain on Lag BaOmer the level of joy

(similar to)

of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai then.

From the special instructions of the "great" Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai,

according to which one must conduct oneself especially on the day of the joy of Rashbi

(Lag BaOmer)

in order to reach very high etc.,

and in order to be able to celebrate the joy of Lag BaOmer,

of "Yismach Yisrael be'Ossav" and "Yismach Hashem be'Maasav" in the most elevated manner,

(similar to)

as it was by Rashbi:

Rashbi especially emphasized,

as it is told in the Zohar¹¹

(the book of Rashbi),

that "I have loved you, said Hashem"¹²:

The Holy One, blessed be He, says that He loves every Jew and all Jews. This is in the aspect of "Yismach Hashem be'Maasav"¹³.

And this

("I have loved you, said Hashem",

the love of Hashem for Israel)

is connected with "Hinei mah tov u'mah na'im shevet achim gam yachad"¹⁴

(as Rashbi emphasizes in the Zohar¹⁵), with

(that which you just recited in the twelve verses and sayings of our Sages)

"Ve'ahavta le're'acha kamocha"¹⁶,

"Amar Rabbi Akiva –

who was the teacher of Rashbi¹⁷ –

zeh klal gadol baTorah"¹⁸,

Because when a Jew knows that the Holy One, blessed be He, says about Jews "I have loved you"

("said Hashem") –

he understands how much he too must love another Jew¹⁹.

In addition to this, what Rashbi emphasizes

(as is understood from another place in the Zohar)²⁰,

that there must be the three loves –

love of Hashem together with love of Torah together with love of Israel,

which all three are one thing²¹.

Each of the three loves brings to the other two loves,

and comes as a result of the other two loves:

A Jew must love another Jew,

and loves him because it is written in the Torah,

and he loves Torah and loves another Jew because he knows that this is connected with "Ve'ahavta et Hashem Elokecha"²²,

with loving the Holy One, blessed be He.

And so too the reverse²³.

From the above-mentioned, there is the "order of the day"

(the special instruction)

²⁴ of the day of Lag BaOmer for "Tzivos Hashem":

In each and every one of you there must be the three loves together,

love of Hashem together with love of Torah together with love of Israel,

and especially love of Israel,

knowing that "I have loved you, said Hashem",

that the Holy One, blessed be He, Himself says that He loves Jews.

And the main thing is the deed²⁵:

In addition to that in each and every one of you there are the three loves together –

you must act in love of Israel,

and bring close other Jewish children so that in them too there should be all three loves together.

You must do everything you can to bring close and influence other Jewish children,

boys –

upon their friends,

and girls –

upon their friends,

that they too should enter into "Tzivos Hashem",

Which means –

loving the Holy One, blessed be He

(love of Hashem)

and learning the Holy One, blessed be He's Torah

(love of Torah)

until in a manner that Rashbi instructed,

that it must be "Toraso umanuso"²⁶:

Your "specialty" and your "craft" with which you primarily occupy yourselves must be –

learning the Holy One, blessed be He's Torah,

And learning the Holy One, blessed be He's Torah as He wants it to be learned –

in a manner of "lilmod al menat la'asot"²⁷,

fulfilling mitzvos.

The general concept of learning Torah and fulfilling mitzvos is also connected with the parshah of this week

(Parshas Behar Bechukosai)²⁸,

which says:

"Im bechukosai telechu ve'et mitzvosai tishmeru va'asisem otam"²⁹,

then immediately the Holy One, blessed be He, says³⁰:

"Venatati" –

that He gives all the blessings in the things that one needs,

beginning with "gishmeichem be'itam"³⁰,

"gishmei berachah"³¹,

Until "ve'holech etchem komemiyus"³²,

that already now,

while still in the last days of exile,

one goes about "bekomah zekufah"³³,

with a raised head,

and especially when one has merited to be in "Tzivos Hashem",

And as it says earlier³⁴,

that the Holy One, blessed be He, says "Ve'hayiti lachem le'Elokim ve'atem tihyu li le'am":

The Holy One, blessed be He, says that He is our "Commander-in-Chief" and we are His people,

through conducting ourselves as is fitting for one who belongs to the Holy One, blessed be He's people,

and especially when one belongs to "Tzivos Hashem".

In the matter of learning Torah and fulfilling commandments even in the time of exile with a "upright stature" –

there comes further emphasis according to another statement of Rashbi:

Rashbi said,

that "the exile of Edom, the Shechinah is with them"³⁵:

Even when a Jew finds himself in exile,

he must conduct himself with an "upright stature",

in a manner of "uprightness",

and especially in matters connected with Torah and commandments –

because no one is a master over him,

and his leader,

his "commander-in-chief",

the King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He,

is found together with him, as it were,

in the exile of Edom,

the present exile,

and is found with each one individually³⁶,

and waits and requests of each one,

of every child and every adult and every one of the community of Israel –

that one should increase in "If³⁷ you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments",

and increase in this as befits one who is in "the army of Hashem",

where for a soldier the order of conduct is we will do before we will hear³⁸:

first of all he fulfills the instructions and the commands that he receives from his "commander-in-chief"³⁹,

and especially the "order of the day" that he receives from Him,

which regarding the day of Lag BaOmer the "order of the day" is –

that there should be the three loves together,

love of Hashem with love of Torah with love of Israel

(as discussed earlier).

When one has all these three loves together,

as Rashbi emphasizes,

and conducts oneself generally according to the instructions of Rashbi

(whose day of joy is Lag BaOmer)

with all the details thereof as discussed earlier –

this causes that there should be revealed even more the great joy of the special day of Lag BaOmer,

that the "order of the day" of this day is the great joy of Rashbi,

which is connected with the Torah of Rashbi,

all the statements that were mentioned earlier –

Because,

as discussed earlier:

Through the fact that one conducts oneself according to the instructions of the "giant",

Rashbi –

one stands on his shoulders and has his powers to reach very high and have very much success in carrying out all his instructions,

and also in the instruction to be with great joy on the day of Lag BaOmer,

a reflection of the great joy that is there then by Rashbi.

Until one comes to the matter that Rashbi also said

(in continuation of that "the exile of Edom, the Shechinah is with them" as above)⁴⁰,

that also when Jews "are destined to be redeemed, the Shechinah is with them,

as it is said⁴¹ 'and Hashem your God will return your captivity',

it does not say 'and He will return' but 'and He will return',

teaching that the Holy One, blessed be He, returns with them from among the exiles":

When Jews find themselves in exile and they need to go out from there,

the Most High waits for each one of them,

until He waits for every boy and every girl,

and takes them out of exile each one individually,

"and you will be gathered one by one, O children of Israel"⁴²,

And only then is "and Hashem your God will return your captivity",

only then,

when Jews go out of exile,

does the Shechinah go out of exile,

as it were.

From this it is even more understandable how much effort and vitality you must have,

and surely you have,

in your conduct,

in learning Torah and fulfilling commandments –

knowing that through your conduct,

through your learning Torah and fulfilling commandments,

you take out

(as it were)

yourselves and your parents and the entire Jewish people,

until the Shechinah,

as it were –

from exile!

And very soon,

"now",

all go together,

every Jew and all Jews,

the completeness of the people,

together with all the matters of Torah and commandments that were fulfilled,

that were learned as is proper –

the completeness of the Torah,

And one goes in a manner of "and behold, with the clouds of heaven"⁴³,

"like doves to their windows"⁴⁴ –

one returns to our "windows" to our house,

to our land,

the Holy Land,

And one finds there a whole land,

the Land of Israel within its borders,

entirely untouched,

All matters that have been done to give away, G‑d forbid,

from the land –

have no substance,

because “Take counsel and it will be foiled, speak a word and it will not stand, for G‑d is with us”⁴⁵ –

The Holy One, blessed be He, gave to each one of us and to each one of the Jewish people in all generations,

the entire Land of Israel to its borders.

There are parts of the Land of Israel that the Holy One, blessed be He, wants to be temporarily in another authority,

but knowing that in truth it belongs to Jews,

and also those in whose authority it is located know of this,

“their fortune sees it”⁴⁶. But the parts that the Holy One, blessed be He, has already given to Jews and Jews are located there –

and certainly the Jews there are even more adding in learning the Holy One, blessed be He’s Torah and fulfilling His commandments –

it is certain that all the counsels that are thought and spoken, foolish talk and empty talk –

all this is “will not stand” and “will be foiled”,

because the Holy One, blessed be He, is with us

(“G‑d is with us”),

and “In the beginning G‑d created the heavens and the earth”⁴⁷

(as you just said⁴⁸),

the Holy One, blessed be He, created the heavens and the earth with all things

(all their offspring⁴⁹)

that are found there,

and He is the one and only Master and eternal Master over it,

and consequently it is a certain thing that in all things found in heaven and earth –

“the word of our G‑d will stand forever”⁵⁰,

that everything will be as the Holy One, blessed be He, wants!

And that which the “clever one” comes to him with all kinds of arguments that have no substance –

Through that which you wage war with the “clever one” every day and you overcome him –

this will help also other Jews who have not yet subdued their evil inclination,

that they too may more easily overcome the evil inclination,

Through that which with them will be “And you shall love Hashem your G‑d”,

that they love the Holy One, blessed be He, “with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might”²²,

without any calculations,

without any politics,

which in any case have no substance because it goes against the Holy One, blessed be He’s will, G‑d forbid!

And so too is further revealed “I have loved you, said Hashem”:

The Holy One, blessed be He, reveals His love,

His affection for every Jew,

even for the Jews who, for various and sundry reasons, made a counsel or spoke words that are not good and that are against the Holy One, blessed be He’s will,

including the counsel and words of giving away, G‑d forbid, territories of the Land of Israel,

from the eternal Jewish land that belongs eternally to Jews,

because it is an eternal inheritance given to an eternal people from the “Eternal G‑d”.

It will be seen,

with kindness and mercy,

that the Holy One, blessed be He, reveals the “I have loved you”,

His affection for every Jew,

without exception,

The Holy One, blessed be He, reveals in every Jew how he is connected with the Holy One, blessed be He,

until it is revealed in every Jew the “actual portion of G‑d from above”⁵¹,

Until the revelation of the Holy One, blessed be He’s love is in a manner of “Hashem will rejoice in His works”

(as you just said⁴⁸):

He reveals in every Jew how he is “the plant of My planting, the work of My hands, in which to glory”⁵²

(as you just said⁴⁸),

the Holy One, blessed be He, places him in a state and condition that He glories in him.

In addition to this comes what you,

Jewish children,

can accomplish in this,

through that which you overcome in your war against the evil inclination

(as above),

and primarily through that which you bring close other Jewish children,

and you help reveal in them how they are connected with the Holy One, blessed be He, etc. –

as discussed earlier regarding the learning and the “order of the day” of Lag BaOmer.

In this comes further emphasis of the occurrence of Lag BaOmer in this year:

Lag BaOmer in this year falls on the third day, in which “it was good” is doubled⁵³,

and the “it was good” is doubled is connected with “good to heaven and good to creatures”⁵⁴.

The lesson from this:

Every one of you and every Jew,

wherever he finds himself,

must conduct himself in a manner of good and love and kindness and mercy in all matters connected with spirituality –

good to Heaven,

and in all matters connected with physicality –

good to creatures.

Until simply

(by you):

help every Jewish child in all his

(her)

matters,

in physicality and in spirituality,

and help them enter into "Tzivos Hashem",

including also that each one of them should have a letter

(also in a revealed way)

in the Torah scroll of the Most High,

and he should purchase the letter with his own money. –

Whatever you have certainly done in this until now,

you should do in this more and more.

And all these things hasten further,

that very soon,

until "now",

in the blink of an eye,

literally speedily –

all Jews will go out of exile,

"with our young and with our elders, with our sons and with our daughters"⁵⁵,

and "they recognized Him first"⁵⁶ –

you Jewish children of "Tzivos Hashem" will be at the front,

and after you all the adults will follow,

beginning with your parents who gave you the appropriate education,

and your guides and instructresses who taught you the appropriate things,

and every one of the entire Jewish people,

And together with each one of us and each one of you and each one of the entire Jewish people –

the Shechinah goes,

"and Hashem your God will return your captivity".

And this takes place,

as mentioned,

very quickly and very soon,

the entire Jewish people in its completeness with the entirety of Torah and mitzvos goes "now" "with the clouds of heaven",

to our Holy Land in its completeness,

And there one comes to Jerusalem the holy city,

and there itself –

to the third Beis HaMikdash,

which is,

as the Torah tells us⁵⁷,

a ready, built one, and it only waits that one should add in Torah and mitzvos –

then it immediately comes down from the place where it stands,

and the Most High places it in its place,

on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem the holy city,

the capital city of the Holy Land.

Where there one sees "the face of the Master, Hashem"⁵⁸,

one sees Divinity tangibly,

with one's own eyes "and our eyes shall see etc."⁵⁹,

Together with "who is the face of the Master, Hashem? Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai"⁶⁰,

for then is the resurrection of the dead,

and Rashbi is also there together with all the Tannaim and Amoraim and great ones of Israel.

And the main thing is the deed

(as above):

The true and complete redemption

(with all the details mentioned that are connected to this)

is further hastened by the fact that you conduct yourselves on the day of Lag BaOmer

(and through your conduct in the days before this)

with love of Hashem together with love of Torah together with love of Israel,

And furthermore and mainly –

you take the love of Hashem,

love of Torah and love of Israel from this day –

for all the days that come after it.

And one prepares with joy and with a good heart to receive the Torah at the time of the giving of our Torah with joy and with inwardness⁶¹,

which is the matter of all the days of Sefirah⁶² and especially of Lag BaOmer –

to prepare oneself for the receiving of the Torah at the time of the giving of our Torah,

Through the fact that one fulfills all the matters of Torah and mitzvos in a manner of preceding "we will do" to "we will hear",

as one sees it tangibly in the conduct of soldiers in general,

and certainly among the soldiers of "Tzivos Hashem".

And the true and complete redemption comes "now",

then one is automatically afterwards receiving the Torah with joy and with inwardness to the utmost perfection at the time of the giving of our Torah in "the third month" and on "the third day"⁶³ –

corresponding to how today is the third day

(of the week),

Speedily in our days, literally.

The great merit and great responsibility that every Jewish child has upon himself,

not only regarding himself

(his own conduct)

and his family,

but also regarding the entire Jewish people,

and especially connected with the redemption

(as discussed earlier) –

is emphasized by Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai further and with special great emphasis in his book,

the book of the Zohar,

Regarding the Zohar, Moshe Rabbeinu said to Rashbi⁶⁴:

"With this composition of yours, which is the Zohar, they will go out from exile with mercy",

meaning that through learning and doing what is written in the Zohar

(especially)

this brings about the departure from exile and the redemption with mercy.

"Torah tzivah lanu Moshe morashah kehilat Yaakov"⁶⁵

(as you just said⁴⁸),

everything that Moshe said and taught is "morashah kehilat Yaakov",

it is an inheritance,

a true inheritance of every single one who belongs to the Jewish people.

At the beginning of the book –

and at the very beginning of the book –

the introduction,

and at the beginning of the introduction. And at the very beginning of the introduction –

he begins

(speaking about the matter)

with the word "Bereishit",

meaning that this is the beginning of everything] it is written:

"Bereishit,

Rabbi Shimon patach" –

Rashbi opened and revealed a new thing and a new way⁶⁶ –

and he brings the verse⁶⁷ "The blossoms have appeared in the land, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land",

that the blossoms have sprouted on the earth,

and it is heard in our land,

in the Holy Land,

the voice of the redemption,

And Rashbi

(afterwards)

explains:

"The blossoms, these are the Patriarchs",

"The blossoms have appeared in the land" refers to our holy Patriarchs,

Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov,

that their merit is revealed and seen in the land,

and through this the world is sustained.

"And who sustains the world and causes the Patriarchs to be revealed"? How are the Patriarchs revealed and seen? It is through "the voice of a child who studies Torah,

and because of them, the world is saved":

This is through the fact that young Jewish children occupy themselves with Torah,

and "study Torah" –

they toil in Torah,

which at this time is in the manner of "great study that leads to action"⁶⁸,

this brings about that they fulfill the mitzvos of the Torah. And through this the "blossoms" are revealed,

the merit of the Patriarchs,

and "the world is saved",

the world has existence.

That is:

Notwithstanding that the nations of the world fight and tear at each other, and

(some of them)

want to steal something from the other –

every Jew,

starting from young Jewish children

(the children of the world)

"sustains the world",

through the fact that they "study Torah" by learning Torah and fulfilling its mitzvos,

until the world is ready for the true existence –

"to perfect the world under the sovereignty of Hashem"⁶⁹,

that the world together with all the nations should conduct themselves as one should conduct oneself,

which is connected with the coming of Moshiach,

and through this there is also "the world is saved",

through this comes the "salvation",

the redemption,

the true redemption.

Therefore we will now

(at this gathering of "Tzivos Hashem") do

(as has been done at the gatherings of "Tzivos Hashem" until now)

a matter in each of the three pillars,

the three things upon which the world stands⁷⁰,

upon which the world is sustained –

"the world endures",

and this brings the world to a state of "the world stands",

"the world is saved" –

the three pillars of Torah, Avodah, and Gemilus Chasadim⁷⁰.

Torah you have just learned here –

both sections and verses of the Written Torah and also sayings of the Oral Torah –

the twelve verses and sayings of Chazal.

Afterwards each of you will also be given

(through the counselors)

coins of money –

to give half of it to charity

(to a charity collector,

or into a charity box etc.)

and to do this on this holy day and meritorious day of Lag BaOmer –

the line of Gemilus Chasadim.

And we will also conclude with a prayer

(the third line –

the line of Avodah),

a prayer that is connected with the greatest joy,

with the greatest joy,

which will come in the future redemption when there will be "and eternal joy upon their heads"⁷¹.

But now we are still in the darkness of exile,

it is still before the beginning of the redemption,

and very far from it. On the other hand –

but "the salvation of Hashem is like the blink of an eye"⁷²,

in one moment, in an instant,

"now",

"He sets an end to darkness",

the darkness of exile ends,

and the beginning of the redemption comes,

and together with it –

the true and complete redemption,

the entirety of the redemption,

through our righteous Mashiach,

Together with the perfection of the people,

connected with the perfection of the Torah and its commandments,

which establishes the perfection of the Land already now,

in the last days of exile,

for already in the last days of exile "for all the children of Israel there was light in their dwellings"⁷³,

as it was in Egypt,

that "as in the days of your exodus from the land of Egypt I will show him wonders"⁷⁴.

And afterwards the true and complete redemption will come,

when there will be "everlasting joy upon their heads",

the greatest joy,

as above.

Therefore the prayer with which one will conclude

(the third line –

the line of service)

will be connected with the true and complete redemption,

and with a melody

(joy):

they will sing

(the melody on the words of)

the prayer⁷⁵ of "May it be Your will, Hashem our God and God of our fathers, that the Holy Temple be rebuilt speedily in our days, and grant us our portion in Your Torah",

when then

(in the redemption that comes "speedily in our days",

"now")

they will learn more Torah with more vitality and with more joy,

and "there we will perform before You as the commandments of Your will"⁷⁶,

they will then fulfill the commandments in perfection,

"as the commandments of Your will",

as the Almighty desires⁷⁷.

Presumably, the melody on the words

(of the prayer)

"May it be Your will etc.",

which many Jews are accustomed to sing –

they will sing this very melody,

for the words belong to us,

to every Jew and to every matter of Judaism,

and also the melody is, after all, ours.

And afterwards they will sing with joy the melody

(on the words of the verse)

"Take counsel and it will be foiled, speak a word and it will not stand, for G-d is with us",

to further hasten the "for G-d is with us" in actuality,

for then "take counsel and it will be foiled, speak a word and it will not stand",

that the counsels and words of the evil inclination,

with whom you constantly wage war and are victorious over him –

become completely nullified,

because "G-d is with us",

the Holy One, blessed be He, helps him⁷⁸,

with each one of you and each one of us stands the Almighty.

And afterwards sing the melody

(on the words of the verse⁷⁹)

"But the righteous will give thanks to Your name, the upright will dwell in Your presence".

And afterwards they will distribute the coins to give to charity

(as above).

And all this should be together with the main thing –

good resolutions regarding the study of Torah and fulfillment of the commandments,

together with the resolution that at the time of the reading of the Torah at the time of the giving of our Torah,

of the Ten Commandments –

each one of you should be there,

and one should see to bring about the standing and state of the giving of the Torah,

at the time of the reading of the Torah of the Ten Commandments,

even very small children⁸⁰,

for "from the mouths of infants and sucklings You have established strength, etc., to silence the enemy and the avenger"⁸¹,

until finishing the last remnants of exile,

and out of joy and goodness of heart. –

And after this gathering concludes

(after they distribute the coins to give to charity,

after the melodies as above) –

you will go out to lush pastures,

to see how the Almighty created the world,

in which there are beautiful trees and beautiful grasses etc.,

as one sees it in special places

(in "parks" and the like)

in every city,

also in this city.

And while doing all these matters

(also permitted things)

with the intention to fulfill the "we will do" that the "Commander-in-Chief",

the Almighty, commanded –

this further hastens the fulfillment of all these blessings from the Almighty,

as it is stated in this week's Torah portion

(as discussed earlier),

beginning from "I will give your rains in their time" until "I will be to you as God and you will be to Me as a people" until "I will lead you upright",

until that "now",

speedily in our very days,

"may our eyes behold" the Holy Temple that will be built speedily in our days,

and out of joy and goodness of heart.

To reaffirm once again how every matter is with Divine Providence,

and is connected with Torah and Judaism,

and especially with the inner dimension of the Torah,

with the book of the Zohar and with Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai –

We see that in the same discourse of Rashbi

(which is in the introduction to the Zohar)

that was discussed earlier

(section 15),

which begins "Bereishit,

Rabbi Shimon opened" –

he says that "the blossoms have appeared in the land, this is the work of Creation,

they have appeared in the land, when?

On the third day,

as it is written⁸² 'And the earth brought forth,'

then they appeared in the land,"

and as it says in the continuation of the verse "

(And the earth brought forth)

grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and fruit tree whose seed is in it after its kind."

And this "And the earth brought forth grass, etc." is seen openly in the parks and gardens to which you are now going with Divine Providence. –

Therefore,

when you will go there and see all the matters that are there –

this should remind you,

that what you see that "the earth brought forth grass, etc. and fruit tree, etc. after its kind,"

is because the One Above said on the third day of the work of Creation⁸³ "Let the earth sprout grass, herb yielding seed, fruit tree making fruit after its kind, whose seed is in it upon the earth,"

as Rashbi emphasizes this in his book the Zohar,

which today is his joy,

and a great joy.

And one must also be reminded of that which is seen "a tree making fruit, etc." –

that "for man is the tree of the field"⁸⁴,

that it is expected of each and every one of you,

and each of you is given powers for this –

that you should continue to grow and produce good "fruits,"

and the true fruits of a Jew are Torah and mitzvos⁸⁵,

and to do this with joy and with great success.

And through this we add further to the "Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust"⁸⁶,

Then one will see Rashbi and his Rebbe –

Rabbi Akiva,

and "the Faithful Shepherd" –

Moshe Rabbeinu,

and all Jews of all generations,

And all Jews of all generations together will be united with a most great joy,

and especially through the unification of Jews already now with love of Israel,

which is a "great principle in the Torah,"

together with one Torah,

whose "ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace"⁸⁷.

And it will be "And I will grant peace in the land"⁸⁸,

there will be peace in our holy land,

and peace in every place where Jews are found,

also in the diaspora,

which will also bring true peace throughout the entire world.

And this will bring about the revelation and disclosure of "May our eyes behold" Divinity,

for "the Holy One, blessed be He, Peace is His name"⁸⁹,

one will see Godliness,

speedily in our days, literally,

in the true and complete redemption through Moshiach our righteous one.

They sang "May it be Your will, Hashem our God and God of our fathers, that the Holy Temple be built speedily in our days, and grant us our portion in Your Torah." "Take counsel, etc. God is with us." "But the righteous."

His Holiness the Rebbe shlita gave to the male and female counselors shlita ten-cent coins,

to give to each and every boy and girl shlita two coins:

one –

to give to charity,

and the second –

to do with it as they see fit.