English translation — שיחה לילדי "צבאות השם" שיחיו - בבית הכנסת, אחרי תפלת מנחה - יום ג' פ' האזינו, ד' תשרי ה'תשמ"ג.

They recited the twelve verses and sayings of our Sages¹.

Afterwards, they sang the melody "We Want Moshiach Now".

Here have gathered now the "Tzivos Hashem"

(as was arranged²).

And according to what you have just said³,

"And you shall love your neighbor as yourself...

this is a great principle of the Torah"⁴ — each one of you wishes,

that through him, additional Jewish children should also be reached,

who are not here in body,

the spirit and vitality of the Ten Days of Repentance,

connected with prayer — which you have just prayed Minchah;

connected also with words of Torah,

the twelve verses and sayings of our Sages that you have just recited;

and connected also with the mitzvah of giving charity,

as you will fulfill at the conclusion of today's gathering.

May this influence you and us,

and through you all Jewish children — that one should become even more strengthened,

and that it should be added to the writing and sealing for a good year that one received on Rosh Hashanah from the King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He,

and since He is infinite,

He can add even more and give even more so that one should have a good year,

both materially,

and spiritually.

Beginning with adding even more in learning Torah and fulfilling mitzvos;

the mitzvah of prayer,

the mitzvah of charity and all mitzvos in general,

also the "great principle of the Torah" of one Jew

(boys)

towards boys and

(girls towards)

girls,

that they should also be in "Tzivos Hashem",

and overcome the evil inclination,

and through this bring the victory of Judaism in the entire world.

This will immediately bring Moshiach,

as you have just sung that we want Moshiach "now" — may it be so in actuality.

What is the special distinction of the Ten Days of Repentance?

The Ten Days of Repentance begin with Rosh Hashanah.

On Rosh Hashanah, each one of you,

within the entirety of the Jewish people,

together with the entire Jewish nation,

crowned the Almighty anew as King of Israel and King of the world⁵.

The procedure is,

that when one crowns a "king"

(a monarch)

anew,

one must have for him even more honor,

than one had until then,

and the honor must be expressed in all manner of ways.

In particular,

after the month of Elul,

the King is no longer "in the field" but is in His royal city,

in His capital city,

and there, in His palace,

His edifice⁶.

But the Torah says — and here one sees the special relationship and connection of the Almighty with every Jew and all Jews,

beginning with children in "Tzivos Hashem" — for the Torah is called "Toras Chaim" and "Torah Ohr"

(it illuminates and shows how one should conduct oneself in daily life),

that during the Ten Days of Repentance, "Seek Hashem when He is to be found, call upon Him when He is near"⁷,

the Almighty is even closer,

and is even more attached

(even more than the entire year),

to every Jew,

beginning with Jewish children.

That is:

Instead of one thinking,

that since we have crowned the King,

He is, Heaven forbid,

separated from Jews

(at least,

He is no longer so close)

— it is said,

that precisely the opposite:

The Almighty,

immediately after He was crowned,

comes and becomes even closer to all those who made Him king,

and it becomes "the drawing near of the light to the spark"⁸,

He becomes even closer to the "spark",

to every Jewish soul that is in a Jewish body,

beginning with very young children.

Although the entire year "Behold, Hashem stands over him"⁹

(as you have just recited)

this is, however, in a very close manner during the Ten Days of Repentance,

and He is even more "the examiner of kidneys and heart",

and takes pleasure,

and "the plant of My planting, the work of My hands, in which I take glory"¹⁰,

He takes pride in every Jew,

beginning with young children,

and gives even more in everything they need,

both materially,

and spiritually.

From this it is understood,

that as much as you have done as "Tzivos Hashem",

in learning Torah and fulfilling mitzvos,

it is certain,

that knowing that the Almighty begins the year,

immediately after He was crowned as King,

coming even closer and deeper into every Jewish soul — you will do so with even more and more vitality and joy and goodness of heart,

and conduct yourselves as is fitting for "Tzivos Hashem".

And this will bring about that the Almighty will be even closer to each one of you,

and through you to your parents,

friends,

friends,

and to the entire Jewish people.

Until this will even more hasten the closeness of the Almighty that will be revealed in the Holy Temple,

where there was "Fear, for you shall see the face of the Master, Hashem"¹¹,

there one saw Divinity with physical eyes.

Speedily, in our days, literally,

in the redemption through Moshiach our righteous one,

when then the Holy Temple will also descend,

"the Sanctuary, Hashem, which Your hands established"¹².

Within the Ten Days of Repentance themselves,

you have gathered on the third day

(Tuesday),

which,

as already mentioned several times,

recalls the two times "that it was good"¹³ — "good for heaven and good for creatures"¹⁴.

This strengthens even more the fulfillment of the "great principle of the Torah" to draw into "Tzivos Hashem" additional "creatures",

children and also adults

(through "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children — through children"¹⁵),

that they should know that the Almighty is now "when He is to be found" and "when He is near",

and therefore one must add even more in fulfilling His commands.

This is even more emphasized when one gathers on a day when the Almighty then gave the blessing of two times "(that it is)

good",

when then one can do good things in everything — both spiritual,

and material,

both with oneself and with "creatures"¹⁶.

This has a special connection with the portion that is read this week — Parshas Haazinu,

and in Parshas Haazinu itself,

with the third portion.

There, the love of the Almighty for Jewish children is especially emphasized. Until when they were in the first exile — the exile of Egypt,

to which all exiles are similar and connected¹⁷.

In that part of the portion that is connected with Tuesday,

He¹⁸ relates that "He suckled him with honey from a rock and oil from a flinty rock":

When Jewish children were in the exile of Egypt,

and there were those who were "worried" how they would be able to feed them,

and how they would receive all the things they needed,

the Almighty Himself gave them everything they needed. And not only necessary matters,

but also "honey" and "oil",

the sweetest,

tastiest and best of everything they needed¹⁹.

And even if it turned out that this was a "rock" and a "flint",

and in the natural way one does not see how a Jew will be able to get by and have everything he needs,

let alone in the best and sweetest manner possible —

The Almighty Himself provided,

beginning with Jewish children,

that regardless of the "surroundings" being a "rock" and a "flint",

He provided them with the best and finest materially.

And the Jewish children demonstrated that they deserve the special relationship of the Almighty,

the "Commander-in-Chief",

because "they recognized Him first"²⁰,

through the fact that they saw,

understood and felt that the Almighty takes special trouble and does everything so that they should have the best of everything materially and spiritually,

they were the first to recognize and feel that the Almighty "created the heavens and the earth"²¹,

He is the one and only Creator and Master of all the heavens and the earth,

even when one is in exile.

From this it is understood that "the matter is very near to you"²²

(as you have just recited),

that everything the Almighty has commanded to do,

is near to every child and adult to fulfill,

because the Almighty is the sole Master of the entire world even in times of exile,

just as He was in the time of the Holy Temple.

This adds to the "Yisrael rejoices in its Maker"²³

(as you have just recited²⁴),

in the joy of a Jew,

beginning with Jewish children,

to do what the Almighty has commanded him.

And this hastens even more the "Hashem rejoices in His works"²⁵,

that the Almighty reveals openly — His great joy with every Jew and with all Jews,

and gives them the greatest blessing,

that the true and complete redemption comes,

That every Jew and all Jews,

beginning with young children,

"with our young and with our old... with our sons and with our daughters"²⁶,

from young to old,

"the completeness of the nation",

take with them "the completeness of the Torah",

the "great wealth"²⁷ of Torah and mitzvos that you have learned and fulfilled,

and also influenced your friends,

friends and parents,

that they should also do so,

— and they go speedily, literally,

"now",

to our holy land,

to our holy land,

which is complete,

because the Almighty guards it,

and "behold, He neither slumbers nor sleeps, the Guardian of Israel"²⁸,

He guards it always.

And as it says at the beginning of the lesson of today²⁹,

that "Hashem is my shepherd, I shall not lack",

and that the Almighty is the shepherd of every Jew and of all Jews,

it is a certain thing that "I shall not lack",

that nothing will be missing.

And, as it says at the conclusion of today's lesson³⁰ — "Save Your people and bless Your inheritance, and shepherd them and carry them forever",

that the Almighty guards the Jews even in the last days of exile,

and very soon is "and carry them forever",

He takes them out of exile,

and brings them to the Land of Israel to its borders,

to a complete Land of Israel.

And there will be "peace in the land"³¹,

which is brought about by conducting oneself as the Almighty desires,

as is ruled in the Shulchan Aruch,

And one already has true peace,

by standing strong,

even in the last days of exile,

And this hastens even more the "Save Your people",

that the greatest salvation comes,

the taking out of exile and entering the Holy Land,

And out of joy and goodness of heart,

speedily, in our days, literally.

However, one must beware of the evil inclination,

which always looks on and seeks ways to disturb a Jewish child or an adult from adding even more in Torah and mitzvos,

which hastens even more the redemption through Moshiach our righteous one.

There is a directive in the month of Tishrei of this year,

how one should conduct oneself,

in such a case when the evil inclination wants to disturb.

— This year there is a special thing — on the 13th of Tishrei it becomes one hundred years since the passing of the Rebbe Maharash³².

The Rebbe Maharash gave a directive for all Jews³³,

that one should not look on,

and certainly not be frightened by what the world and the evil inclination say,

rather one should go "from the outset, over".

What does this mean practically for every Jewish child?

That the evil inclination comes,

and wants to disturb and confuse the child, claiming:

You are still a small child,

and when you grow up and will then have to look around at the world around you,

you will see that you must conduct yourself differently than the entire world;

When it comes to eating and drinking,

you must first inquire whether this is a kosher item. Afterwards you must make a blessing before eating and after eating;

When you are called to go play with another child, you must first ask the one who learns with you,

your mentor or mentor,

if it is now not a time when you need to learn Torah or fulfill mitzvos.

The intention of the evil inclination in this is — he calculates,

that by dragging you into entering into an argument with him,

arguing back and forth,

the time that is so precious will pass you by. Because in that same time you could be learning Torah,

and fulfilling mitzvos. Including also,

the mitzvah of influencing another Jewish child,

that he should become more Jewish than before.

The Rebbe Maharash says,

that one should conduct oneself in a manner of "from the outset, over":

When the evil inclination comes,

and wants to speak with you and wants to disturb you,

you answer him "from the outset" that you are "over",

you are "above" him and have nothing to do with him.

Because first,

on Rosh Hashanah,

you crowned the emperor,

the King. And since "a servant of a king is a king"³⁴,

you have within you the strength and mission that the Almighty gave you to carry out in the world,

that it should become a "dwelling place in the lower realms",

And you have no time to occupy yourselves with foolishness and calculations with which he wants to confuse you. You know what is written in the Torah,

and so you conduct yourselves. And then you have with you "Hashem stands over him"³⁵.

And especially during the Ten Days of Repentance,

when He is even closer to you,

consequently you are even more "over" immediately "from the outset".

Even without hearing his claims,

you already know what you need to do and how you need to conduct yourselves,

and how you need to influence another.

And when one stands "from the outset, over",

it is a certain thing that one is victorious.

And especially additionally,

that one has the merit of the righteous of Israel,

and in this year,

the special merit,

that it has become one hundred years since the passing of the one who proclaimed and announced to every Jew that he can conduct himself "from the outset, over".

And when the evil inclination confuses him,

he answers him,

that he has no time for foolishness,

because since he belongs to "a wise and understanding people"³⁶,

he learns Torah and fulfills mitzvos,

and has the strength and mission from the Almighty,

he is much, much stronger and higher and "over" all disturbances,

and he carries out his mission in the best manner.

And further:

He carries out the mission

(as mentioned earlier),

as it should be in the service of Hashem,

that one serves the Most High and carries out His mission,

with joy and a good heart.

Therefore, we will also conclude today's gathering with melodies connected to the matters mentioned earlier:

First of all,

that "Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to naught; speak a word, and it shall not stand, for G-d is with us"³⁷. When the evil inclination wants to say something,

one says to it: "For

G-d is with us" - that the Most High is with us,

we are "already beyond" and the evil inclination has no place at all,

and one does not reckon with it.

This will further hasten "But the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence"³⁸,

the true and complete redemption through Mashiach.

And conclude with the melody that we want Mashiach to come "now",

which will come through "Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; and shepherd them and carry them forever",

speedily in our days, literally,

"now" - we should also conclude with this melody.

This will further be hastened by what we will then give coins for charity,

for great is charity, which brings the redemption closer³⁹,

the redemption through Mashiach our righteousness will come "quickly"⁴⁰,

very swiftly,

And very swiftly will be "and behold, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven"⁴¹,

and we will fly even faster than one flies with a "jet",

because we will fly with "clouds of heaven",

with the Most High's "jets",

to our holy land,

and there itself,

in "the Sanctuary, O L-rd, which Your hands have established",

in the Holy Temple,

speedily in our days, literally.

They sang "Take counsel together". "But the righteous". "We want Mashiach now". "Save Your people".

Afterwards they sang "May it be Your will that the Holy Temple be built".

The Rebbe, king of Israel, of blessed memory, gave the male and female counselors, may they live, ten-cent coins,

to give to each and every boy and girl, may they live, two coins:

one - to give to charity,

and the second - to do with it as they see fit.