64. “When one realizes what is revealed is the meaning of that phrase: ‘For the L-rd your G-d is elevating you’ — over all the obstacles that veil.”

From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson

63. “When a person is weighing in his mind what he should decide and how he should act, at that time, too, G-d is watching over him and helping him.”

65. “If people made a habit of sharing good news, they would have less—or no—need to set up bonds of communication about opposite of good news.”

By the Grace of G‑d
Eve of 14 Tishrei, 5720 [1959]
Brooklyn

Fortify1 peace.2 Bring the hearts of all the individuals near to each other, in unity. Muster strength in your trust that all this is certainly no more than an instance of what is written,3 “For the L‑rd your G‑d is putting you to the test.”

When one realizes that this is only a test, it utterly ceases to exist, and what is revealed is the inner meaning of that phrase: “For the L‑rd your G‑d is elevating you,”4 raising you up over all the obstacles that veil and obscure [His Countenance]. This He does in order that you may come to know His revelation face to Face, and become connected with Him with a strong and mighty bond (see Likkutei Torah, Parshas Re’eh, p. 19b ff.).5

The good on High then becomes good that is visible and manifest174 down here to us, too — materially and spiritually, in unison, in the spirit of the phrase, “[the season of] our joy,”6 in the plural.

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63. “When a person is weighing in his mind what he should decide and how he should act, at that time, too, G-d is watching over him and helping him.”

65. “If people made a habit of sharing good news, they would have less—or no—need to set up bonds of communication about opposite of good news.”

Footnotes

Igros Kodesh, Vol. 19, p. 18, Letter 7048.

In the original, this letter is made up of extremely concise allusions to chassidic concepts. It was the Rebbe’s response to a request written collectively by the settlers of Kfar Chabad concerning the disharmony that they were then experiencing.

Devarim 13:4.

The root of the verb menaseh, translated above as “putting you to the test,” is here understood, on the non-literal level of interpretation known as derush, as being related to the word nes — “a banner,” something that is held aloft. (Cf. the reference to Likkutei Torah at the end of the above paragraph, p. 19c.)

In the teachings of Chassidus, the stage in the meditative process at which an individual becomes bonded with Divinity is called Daas. This word is perceived as being cognate with the verb yada in the verse, “And Adam knew (yada) Chavah, his wife” (Bereishis 4:1), where the verb signifies their marital union. (See Likkutei Amarim — Tanya, end of ch. 3.)

An allusion to the festival of Sukkos that is so called in the prayers, and that was to begin two days later.

From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson