Living Torah Archives

On the 10th of Kislev, the second Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi DovBer was liberated from prison. He was freed just nine days before Chasidim would celebrate the release of his father, Rabbi Schneur Zalman. Both the Alter Rebbe and the Mitteler Rebbe connected their release from prison to the verse in Psalms, “my soul was redeemed in peace,” a verse that will be fully realized with the ultimate arrival of Moshiach. The lesson for us: A Jew should always be permeated with the idea that every person can bring redemption to the world.

When it comes to a Jew’s mission to better himself and the world, the Evil Inclination tries to argue: “What’s the rush? What is so urgent? You have a long life ahead of you; there’s plenty of time to fix things later…”