English translation — שיחות כ"ק אדמו"ר שליט"א ביחידות – אור ליום ועש"ק פ' קדושים, כ"ה ניסן ה׳תשד״מ. א)

"Yechidus" of the guests, may they live, who arrived for the month of Nissan

All Jews and each one were indeed told that one must constantly rise more and higher in all good matters,

and especially in matters of Judaism, Torah and mitzvos,

as it is written, "They shall go from strength to strength."

From this it is understood,

that after having been together for a certain time,

a time that is connected with a Yom Tov,

and especially the time of our freedom,

the head of the festivals,² it is certain,

that when one then separates, one must stand in the movement of "They shall go from strength to strength."

For the separation is only physically,

but spiritually one can also then utilize the strengthening that one feels while being together during the days of Yomim Tovim,

and especially the first of the festivals. Consequently, one must not allow oneself, Heaven forbid, to weaken,

but on the contrary—

one must take more powers and strength and vitality from the Yom Tov and from the situation when one was together with many Jews in one place

(in one domain)

and learned together and prayed together and gave charity together and accepted good resolutions together—

to be able to add even more and rise in matters of Judaism,

standing in the weekdays of the year,

and standing in a situation where there are not many Jews

(in quantity)

together.

For standing alone, each one in his place—

one is a messenger of all those Jews with whom one was together. And consequently, one also has their powers as an addition to one's own powers,

so that one can accomplish even more in the mission that every Jew,

from their smallest to their greatest,

men, women, and children,

has from the Almighty,

to make light in this lowest world,

and out of joy and goodness of heart.

And this service is done with more vitality and liveliness and joy than it was before one met with all these Jews and was together during this time.

In this comes a special emphasis because one comes from the time of our freedom,

according to the well-known saying of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe,³

that the fact that we do not say "The order of the Passover is concluded" is because the influence of Pesach is a constant influence.

And this is also expressed in the mitzvah of Sefirah,

when we count the days that pass since the first

(and second)

day of Pesach,

and we prepare ourselves for the receiving of the Torah anew at the time of the Giving of our Torah on the festival of Shavuos.

And especially since certainly each one of you,

within the entirety of the Jewish people,

has accepted upon himself good resolutions,

indeed without a vow but with the intent to fulfill them in practice,

in all matters of Judaism,

including and beginning with the spreading of the wellsprings outward and all the campaigns,

as was discussed at length during the farbrengens together in the past days.

One should add to the good resolutions themselves—

one should do more and better than one had resolved.

And certainly will be fulfilled what the Torah of Truth promises,⁵

that the Almighty helps in fulfilling all good resolutions with the additions to them,

and out of joy and goodness of heart,

and in the best and most elevated manner.

May it be His will,

that you should take with you the atmosphere and mood here and bring it each one to his place,

to his city and his surroundings,

and become there a candle to illuminate,⁶

to further illuminate the entire surroundings in all good things,

"good to Heaven and good to creatures."

And through this you will also prepare yourselves and the surroundings,

within the entirety of the Jewish people,

for the arrival of Mashiach our righteousness,

which depends on each Jew doing all that is incumbent upon him in matters of Torah and His mitzvos and freeing himself from the exile and confusions of the evil inclination,

which brings the redemption from all undesirable things during the time of exile,

until the complete redemption from exile in its simple sense—

through Mashiach our righteousness,

and in completeness.

And then will be the redemption for the entire Jewish people in completeness,

"with our youths and with our elders, with our sons and with our daughters,"⁸

for not a single Jew will remain, Heaven forbid, in exile,

and one will also take with oneself

(as at the time of the Exodus from Egypt)

a multitude of holy sparks,¹⁰

and a multitude of matters and good deeds and a multitude of "children, life, and ample sustenance" in its simple sense,

and all together,

"a great congregation,"¹¹

a unified "congregation,"

will go with the Almighty to our holy land,

"a land which the eyes of Hashem your G-d are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year,"¹²

and there itself in Jerusalem,

"the city of the great King,"¹³

and there itself to the Temple Mount and in "the Sanctuary, Hashem, Your hands have established,"¹⁴

taking with them,

as mentioned,

the completeness of Torah and mitzvos and good deeds,

and completeness and wholeness in the souls and complete and healthy bodies of all the members of the household with the entire Jewish people,

and speedily in our days, literally.

In order to take part in the above,

and according to the custom of Israel,

that when one travels from place to place, one gives with a mission of a mitzvah from one of the main mitzvos,

the mitzvah of charity which is called the mitzvah par excellence¹⁵—

I will use the opportunity to give each one of you a dollar,

so that each one should later exchange it in his place for local currency and give it to charity.

And how good,

that the charity should be in connection with the education of Jewish children,

as was discussed at length during the holy farbrengen,

that the Yom Tov of Pesach and the preparations for Shavuos

(the time of the Giving of our Torah)

was a time when the entire Jewish people was "educated,"

that they should receive and absorb the Torah that would be given to them,

for which it is fitting,

by way of "measure for measure,"¹⁶ to further increase and give charity in matters of education.

Here he spoke about the distribution of the Rambam - published in a separate pamphlet –

"From the talks of the last day of Pesach,

the eve of the holy Shabbos of Parshas Kedoshim and Shabbos Parshas Kedoshim."

May it be His will,

that each one should add in the aforementioned good resolutions,

in all things and in every matter that is connected with Judaism.

And the Almighty should help each one,

and will certainly help,

with children, life, and ample sustenance,

and ample in all matters.

And as we learn from the parshah of this week,¹⁷

which is called "You shall be holy" –

that the Almighty promises every Jew and all Jews,

that each one of them lives a holy daily life,

that in order to carry this out in completeness, the Almighty frees from all obstacles and hindrances,

and gives him freedom from all matters that confuse.

And one should prepare for "Say... and you shall say" –

"to warn the adults concerning the minors,"¹⁸

that one should also influence those Jews who are currently in a state of "smallness" in Judaism

("smaller" than what he or she is),

and as Chassidus¹⁹ interprets that "to warn" also means from the term "radiance,"

making brighter with "a candle is the mitzvah and Torah is light,"²⁰

which comes through an increase in the brightness of "the candle of Hashem is the soul of man,"²¹

the G-dly soul.

Which will also bring brightness into the world,

into the "darkness that covers the earth,"²²

the non-brightness that currently exists in the world,

where "kingdoms provoke each other,"²³

and there is still lacking peace and unity among people,

until there is lacking peace in completeness among Jews –

may there be in this the brightness even in the last days of exile,

as it was at the Exodus from Egypt,²⁴

and this will hasten the "Arise, shine, for your light has come,"²⁵

the brightness of the arrival of Mashiach our righteousness,

and the brightness of the true and complete redemption,

and speedily in our days, literally.