Posted on 04/02/2015 2:18:43 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
I take this occasion to write to you in honor of the birthday on 11 Nissan of the spiritual leader of the generation, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who made our generation aware of the possibility and ability, and the great obligation, to spread to the Children of Noah the teachings of G-d’s Torah that was given through Moses: they should all accept upon themselves the Universal Commandments that were commanded to Adam and Noah and all humanity after them, and accept the yoke of the Kingship of Heaven completely.
As his students, we call upon all people to believe in the One G-d, the only Creator of the universe, and to fulfill His commandments joyfully since they are the true correction for everyone, both as individuals and as societies overall.
The Festival of Passover has been celebrated by the People of Israel for more than 3300 years as the Festival of Freedom, for during the original Passover, G-d came to redeem us from slavery and bondage and made us into a people, and bequeathed to us His Torah at Mount Sinai though Moses His servant.
From the Festival of Passover everyone can learn the great faith and trust that is fitting for every person have in G-d alone, that He is the one Who redeems and saves, as the People of Israel have believed in the salvation of G-d for thousands of years.
It is also fitting for all people to believe and trust that the L-rd, G-d of heaven and earth, takes care of everyone and assigns to each person a role and purpose in the world. This role begins with a person coming to complete faith in G-d, accepting the yoke of His Kingship and observing His commandments, and doing these things with joy.
An additional and important point we learn from the Festival of Passover – according our Sages of blessed memory – is that just as our ancestors were redeemed from Egypt, likewise in the near future we will be redeemed by the true Messiah from the House of David. He will redeem the People of Israel from the exile, and bring us to the Land of Israel, and build our holy and splendorous Temple.
This is also part of the Festival of Freedom: we celebrate not only our past freedom from Egypt, but also our belief and anticipation in our future freedom that G-d promised to us.
The future redemption through the Messiah will resemble the redemption of the People of Israel from Egypt through Moses our teacher, but it will be great and wondrous, in a more wonderful form, compared to the miraculous redemption from slavery in Egypt that is recorded in the Book of Exodus.[1]
One of the wonders of the future redemption is the revelation of the Divine light that will shine onto the whole world, to all humanity.[2] From the power of this light, all people will recognize the true existence of the Master of the world, Who fills the whole world, as stated by the prophet Isaiah (52:8-10): “with their own eyes they will see that G-d returns to Zion. Burst out, sing glad song in unison, O ruins of Jerusalem together, for G-d will have comforted His people; He will have redeemed Jerusalem. G-d has bared His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; all ends of the earth will see the salvation of our G-d.”
Just as Moses our teacher at Mount Sinai began to repair the world, including all the Children of Noah by giving the Seven Commandments that were commanded to them, so too, the Messiah will teach and show the world (but in a more wondrous manner) the same recognition in the truth of the Creator of the universe which began to be revealed by Moses.
It is a great merit for each and every one of us to bring himself and his community to the faith and anticipation of this future freedom for the whole world. This will be freedom from evil and falsehood, and a redemption by which we will merit to go out from darkness to a great and true light.
How great are the words of Maimonides (Rambam) in Laws of Repentance, Chapter 3: “It is necessary for every person to view himself throughout the entire year as if he were equally balanced between merit and liability, and likewise the world as equally balanced between merit and liability … if he performs one mitzvah [good deed], he tips his balance and that of the entire world to the side of merit and brings deliverance and salvation to himself and others.”
Each and every one of us who accept this should add in deeds of goodness and kindness, and will merit to have a part of this great light that is destined to shine in the world through the Messiah.
Closing with blessings,
Moshe Weiner
Our Holy City of Jerusalem
Israel our Holy Land [3]
[1] As explained in Chassidic teachings on the verse Michah 7:15, “As in the days of your exodus from Egypt, I [G-d] will show you wonders.”
[2] Isaiah 60:3.
[3] See Rashi on Genesis 1:1.
This message is just in time. It isn't enough to be "conservative." "Conservatism" without the One True G-d is just another form of idolatry or atheism. Every sincere religious person strives after, not his own personal opinion, but Absolute Truth. This means that eventually, however long it takes, a whole lot of people are going to have to give. All religions will not endure into all of eternity.
May it please G-d at this time to open the eyes and ears of all of us to be willing to exchange whatever our tradition or current opinion is for the Truth! 'Amen.
Pesach ping!
Amen.
Thanks to G-d (the One and Only Kingship) for having Rabbi Moshe Weiner and many others to do this for us.
Best that I can see, it appears that the Prophets spoke of a time of peace and learning (Moschiach), then a time of reunification (gathering/education of a nation) then preparation and war. Is that correct? Is it also correct, that there is no perfection in the Hellenistic philosophical sense in this darker world?
Beautiful message. Thanks for posting.
It is a principle of Torah that negative prophecies can be annulled by repentance.
http://www.kesser.org/moshiach/rambam.html
...5. In that Era there will be neither famine nor war, neither envy nor competition, for good things will flow in abundance and all the delights will be as freely available as dust. The occupation of the entire world will be solely to know G-d. The Jews will therefore be great sages and know the hidden matters, and will attain an understanding of their Creator to the [full] extent of human potential; as it is written [Yeshayahu 11:9], “For the world will be filled with the knowledge of G-d as the waters cover the ocean bed.”
Thank you, jjotto. More study (for me)!
I ACCEPT!
Thanks for posting.
L'Chayim!
Beautifully written; Hag Sameach
As a Noahide, I concur.
We are in living in a time of great evil but when its dark, dawn lies ahead.
G-d made the first covenant with all mankind, He made the second covenant with Abraham and He made the third covenant with Israel.
We are in a new age of idol worshiping and great bloodshed. But G-d promise He would never again destroy the earth on account of man’s sin.
When we receive the merit, the Messiah will surely come.
The Prophets made it clear even in the Messianic Age, nations will continue to be a fact of life.
In the Torah, its not written for every one to become a Jew, rather, the nations will acknowledge the unity of G-d and the universal import of His Teachings.
Telling someone that if they jump off a cliff, then they will fall to their death is not a prophecy. It is a description of cause and effect.
The Jewish concept of 'nevuah' is different than the typical Christian concept of prophecy, which is only a kind of divine fortune-telling.
Thank you. I’ll receive the classes on nevuah and search for ifs about particular end-of-days prophecies in the Oral Law.
It will be received and done with analytical focus, prayers for help and an honest attempt at understanding—not a hasty effort.
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