Acharon Shel Pesach
Acharon Shel Pesach
Examines the Rebbe's question on the tefillah recited before Krias HaTorah, where we ask that the pasuk describing Mashiach's ruach — chochmah, binah, eitzah, gevurah, daas, and yiras Hashem — be fulfilled upon us, even though the pasuk was written about Mashiach alone. Resolves it through the Me'or Einayim's teaching that every Yid carries a nitzotz of Mashiach, the same principle the Alter Rebbe uses in Tanya to explain how Moshe Rabbeinu's 'small thing' of yiras Hashem applies to every Jew at his own level. Closes by connecting this tefillah especially to Acharon Shel Pesach, the day of Mashiach's haftarah and the Baal Shem Tov's Seudas Mashiach.
Acharon Shel Pesach
Explores the tefillah before Krias HaTorah where we ask that the pasuk describing Mashiach's ruach be fulfilled upon us, and the boldness of the Alter Rebbe in including a line some considered inappropriate to say. Resolves the difficulty with the Me'or Einayim's idea that every Yid holds a nitzotz of Mashiach, paralleling the Alter Rebbe's explanation in Tanya of how a nitzotz of Moshe Rabbeinu lets every Jew fulfill, at his own level, what is 'a small thing' for Moshe. Ties this especially to Acharon Shel Pesach, the day of Mashiach's gilui and the Baal Shem Tov's Seudas Mashiach.