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A selection of sichos of the Rebbe on the personal obligation every Jew has in bringing Moshiach, reprinted from “From exile to Redemption” (SIE) Vol. 1

The Divine Spark: Moshiach Within Every Jew

The connection between every Jew and Moshiach is not merely symbolic, but an essential reality of our spiritual makeup.

“It is the duty of every individual Jew to perfect and prepare that part of the spiritual stature of Moshiach to which his soul is related.” (Meor Einayim by R’ Nachum of Chernobyl on the conclusion of Parshas Pinchas, quoting the Baal Shem Tov)

• Within every Jew there is a spark of the soul of Moshiach. This is the yechida in his soul, which is a spark of the comprehensive yechida, viz., the soul of Moshiach. When an individual Jew unveils the yechida within himself, he brings about the speedier revelation of the comprehensive yechida, through the coming of Moshiach. (From a sicha of the Rebbe Shlita on Shabbos Parshas Naso, 5751/1991)

• The capability of Moshiach to redeem the entire Jewish people derives from the fact that he has a connection with the entire people; i.e., there is a part of him within every Jew. Thus we find that Moshe Rabbeinu says, “The people in whose midst I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot,” intimating that there was a part of himself within every single one of those six hundred thousand. And it was by virtue of this that he was able to lead them out of Egypt. (Last Day of Pesach, 5743/1983)

• In one of the prophecies of Bilaam it is written, דרך כוכב מיעקב — “A star shall go forth from Jacob.” In one of its tractates, the Talmud Yerushalmi explains that this phrase is an allusion to the King Moshiach. Elsewhere, the Talmud Yerushalmi explains it as an allusion to every individual Jew. These two interpretations are related, for within every single Jew there is a spark of Moshiach. (Likkutei Sichos, Vol. II, p. 599)

Universal Responsibility: No One is Exempt

• The key to the Redemption is in the hand of absolutely every individual. Thus the Alter Rebbe, citing Tikkunei Zohar, teaches that “even if one tzaddik in his generation (‘And your people are all righteous’) would return in perfect repentance, Moshiach would come immediately.” (Boneh Yerushalayim, end of ch. 4)

The Rambam likewise states as a clear halachic ruling that “If a person fulfilled one mitzva, he thereby tipped the scales in favor of himself and of the whole world, and brought about redemption and salvation for himself and for the whole world.” (Hilchos Teshuva 3:4)

• It is the task of every Jewish man, woman and child, from the greatest of the great to the smallest of the small, to bring about the Redemption. This mission is unaffected by distinctions of prayer rites (nusach), ideological circles, or parties: it is the concern of the entire House of Israel. (Shabbos Parshas Vayigash, 5747/1986)

• Every single Jew of our generation — including “our young and our old, our sons and our daughters” — is capable of bringing about the sublime revelations of the Days of Moshiach, which fulfill G-d’s ultimate intent in making an abode for Himself among mortals. (Eve of Hoshana Rabba, 5746/1985)

Action Steps: Practical Paths to Redemption

• Every Jew — man, woman and even child — ought to augment his divine service in order to bring about the actual coming of our righteous Moshiach. One should not rely on others, nor should one pass on this responsibility to others; this is the task of every individual man and woman, and every individual man and woman has to fulfill it himself.

What does this kind of divine service consist of? — Increasing one’s study of both the revealed and the mystical dimensions of the Torah, and enhancing one’s fulfillment of the mitzvos. In addition, encouraging others to do likewise. And, more broadly, making Torah and Yiddishkeit increasingly widespread, and disseminating the wellsprings of Chassidus abroad, for this in particular secures the arrival of the King Moshiach. (Shabbos Parshas Shemini, 5751/1991) 

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