Do All You Can!

“How is it that the Redemption has not yet been attained? That despite all that has transpired and all that has been done, Moshiach has still not come?

"What more can I do? I have done all I can to bring the world to truly demand and clamor for the Redemption…. The only thing that remains for me to do is to give over the matter to you. Do all that is in your power to achieve this thing—a most sublime and transcendent light that needs to be brought down into our world with pragmatic tools….

“I have done all I can. I give it over to you. Do all that you can to bring the righteous redeemer, immediately!

“I have done my part. From this point on, all is in your hands.”

The Rebbe spoke these words at the close of an address he delivered on Thursday evening, April 11, 1991 (commemorated on its Hebrew calendar date, the 28th of Nissan, this Shabbat). Spoken in an anguished voice and couched in uncharacteristically personal terms, the words deeply shocked the Chassidim present in the Rebbe’s synagogue and reverberated throughout the global Chabad-Lubavitch community.

No abatement was seen in the Rebbe’s activities following this talk. On the contrary: although approaching his 90th birthday, he accelerated. Every Shabbat there was another public gathering, and sometimes several more during the week. Every Sunday, the Rebbe stood for hours, greeting visitors with blessings and advice—and a dollar to give to charity. His campaign to bring the world to an awareness of the imminence of the Age of Moshiach continued and intensified.

But a suspenseful expectation hung in the air. The Rebbe had implied that the torch that had been passed from leader to leader, from prophet to sage since Abraham—that torch had now been passed by the Rebbe to each and every one of us.

In the days and weeks following that speech, the Rebbe explained that the fastest and easiest way to bring Moshiach is by learning about Moshiach, acting in the way we will be when Moshiach comes, and truly wanting Moshiach. 

Let’s do it and bring Moshiach today!

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Wishing you a Shabbat Shalom!