שֵׁשׁ זְכִירוֹת אוֹמְרִים אוֹתָם בְּכָל יוֹם גַּם בְּשַׁבָּת, יוֹם טוֹב, רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.

The Six Remembrances1 are recited every day, including Shabbos, the festivals, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

מִפִּתְגָּמֵי אַאַזְמוּ"ר: וואָס אִיז דִי פְּעוּלָה פוּן חֲסִידוּת אוּן יִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם, אַז עֶס פעֶלְט דעֶר עִקָּר — אַהֲבַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, אוּן נאָך גּוֹרֵם זַיין חַס וְשָׁלוֹם צַעַר אֶל הַזּוּלָת.

My revered grandfather, the Rebbe [Maharash], once said: “Of what good is the study of Chassidus and the fear of Heaven if the main thing — a love of one’s fellow Jew — is lacking? And all the more so, if one person pains another!”2

Peering Over the Horizon

This teaching is evidently offered on the eve of Tishah BeAv because, as our Sages say,3 the Beis HaMikdash was destroyed only because of unwarranted hatred among Jews. Love and unity among Jews create a shield that can protect us against negative influences, both physical and spiritual. Conversely, in the era of the Second Beis HaMikdash, the hatred and strife among Jews weakened our people’s resistance, allowing the Romans to conquer Jerusalem and destroy the Beis HaMikdash.

As the Rebbe often stated, since the exile was brought on by unwarranted hatred, the Redemption will come about by unwarranted love — by extending one’s brotherly love to every fellow Jew, regardless of how worthy he happens to be.4 In other words, once we eradicate the cause of the exile, it follows that the exile itself will cease.

In 5751 (1991),5 the Rebbe added a further point. Since we are now on the threshold of the Redemption, the love we show our fellow Jews will not only correct the past: it will also give us a foretaste of the brotherhood and unity that will be revealed in the near future.