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From Exile to Redemption:
Chassidic Teachings of the Rebbe and the preceding Rebbeim of Chabad
on the Future Redemption and the Coming of Mashiach
Volume II
Friedman, Alter Eliyahu
256 pgs.
ISBN 0-8266-0486-2
$17.00
Cosmic questions such as the purpose of exile, the role of the individual Jew in ending it, and the indicators of the Redemption in our generation, are illuminated in this outstanding compilation by rich chassidic insights.
This skillfully constructed work was undertaken in response to a call by the revered Lubavitcher Rebbe, that Jews everywhere escalate the process of Redemption by (among other things) studying subjects related to the coming of Mashiach, in both the legal and the mystical dimensions of the Torah.
Accordingly, the reader is here provided with a masterly translation of classic teachings on these subjects by the Rebbe and by earlier leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch chassidic movement. For both the mind and the soul, this eminently readable anthology is a veritable feast.
Table of Contents
Publisher’s Foreword
Part Five: Redemption
Prologue: A Song of Redemption
Ch. 1: The King Mashiach
A Comprehensive Soul / Utter Humility (i)-(iii) / More Exalted than Moshe
(i)-(iii) / Mentor and King / Of the Seed of David and Solomon / Teaching
the Innermost Dimension of the Torah (i)-(iii) / The Lofty Worth of a Simple
Jew (i)-(iii) / Concern for Every Jew / The First Redeemer and the Last
Redeemer / Moshe plus One = Mashiach / Heating the Frozen Seas / Secrets
within Secrets / The Fragrance of Mashiach / His Name is Chayim / A Mashiach
whom Everyone will Believe In
Ch. 2: When Mashiach Comes
Greeting Mashiach / Dancing in the Streets / No Longer Speechless / Not
a Single Jew will Remain in Exile (i)-(iii) / Stop Press! / Now’s the Time
to Start Being Happy / The First Dance / Some Tiny Creature
Ch. 3: Laws for the Days of Mashiach
Eating on Yom Kippur / Isru Chag / The Concluding Grace / The Blessing
of Shehecheyanu / The Transfer of Synagogues to Eretz Yisrael (i)-(ii)
/ The Additional Day of Yom-Tov in the Diaspora / The Status of Moshe Rabbeinu
/ The Chanukah Lights / The Counting of the Omer / Preparing the Red Heifer
/ The Reading of the Torah / New Dimensions in the Torah
Ch. 4: The Glory of G-d Shall Be Revealed
Your Teacher Shall Hide Himself No Longer (i)-(iii) / Revelation in Both
Soul and Body / Revelation Will Come Naturally / Revelation as a Matter
of Course / The Ultimate Light and the Ultimate Vessel (i)-(ii) / The Revelation
at Sinai and the Future Revelation (i)-(ii) / This World Too has a Silver
Lining / Revelation in Space and in Time / Revelation in Specifics / Three
Kinds of Alef / Recognizing the Miraculous / The Plaint of a Fig
Ch. 5: The Days of Mashiach
The Body will Animate the Soul / Every Organ — A Mitzvah / May We Never
Be Shamed / New Objectives in Divine Service / Consummate Divine Service
(i)-(iii) / Tomorrow — To Receive Their Reward / Material Rewards / Moshe
Rabbeinu as Kohen Gadol / Shemoneh Esreh / Mayim Acharonim / No Unwitting
Sins / Spontaneous Prayer
Ch. 6: The Third Beis HaMikdash
G-d’s Building (i)-(iii) / Cosmic Harmony / Its Gates Sank into the Ground
/ The Sanctuary On High / Candles from Sabbath Eve / A Glimpse of the Future
Sanctuary
Ch. 7: The Resurrection of the Dead
Humanity at its Highest / Stages in the Apprehension of Divinity / Measure
for Measure / The Days of Mashiach and the Resurrection (i)-(ii) / On the
Third Day / Eating and Drinking in the World to Come (i)-(iii) / Ten Questions
and Answers on the Resurrection of the Dead
Part Six: Studies of Scriptural & Rabbinic Sources
Prologue: The Voice of the Herald
Ch. 1: Expositions of Scriptural Verses
For the Increase of the Realm (i)-(ii) / The Spirit of G-d will Rest Upon
Him / Not by the Sight of His Eyes / With Righteousness / The Meek of the
Earth / The Snake’s Den / The Ocean Bed / Splitting the River / On That
Day / Those Who Are Lost / Hidden No Longer / The Light of the Moon / Even
from the North / For a Small Moment / The Nations / High Frequency (i)-(ii)
/ Weeping Over the Past / From Mourning to Joy / Knowing G-d (i)-(iv) /
A Heart of Stone / King and Nasi / The Mount of Eisav / In the Broad Places
of Jerusalem / A Poor Man on a Donkey (i)-(ii) / A Query for Mashiach /
Upon the Mount of Olives / At Evening Time There Shall Be Light / G-d Shall
Be One / The Prophet Eliyahu / Filled with Laughter (i)-(ii)
Ch. 2: Expositions of Talmudic Teachings
The Exodus in the Days of Mashiach / Subjugation to Gentile Kingdoms /
Yitzchak Is Our Father / A Name for Revelation / The Month of Redemption
(i)-(ii) / G-d Will Slaughter the Evil Inclination (i)-(ii) / The Sun Unsheathed
/ The Banquet of Livyasan / Time for Torah Study / A Harp of Eight Strings
(i)-(iii) / The Mitzvos of the Future / A New Torah (i)-(ii) / From the
North (i)-(ii) / The Teachings of Mashiach / Future Purity / Future Festivals
/ All Lands Holy Land / In the Merit of Righteous Women / Dimensions of
Prophecy / Impurity — Suspended and Banished / The Rainbow / Teshuvah for
Tzaddikim (i)-(iv) / Teshuvah by Choice / The Red Heifer
Ch. 3: Studies in the Passage on the Redemption in Tractate Sanhedrin
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Heretical Regimes / Three Things Come Unawares (i)-(iii) / Calculating
the Time of the Redemption / If Israel Repent They Will Be Redeemed (i)-(ii)
/ Altogether Meritorious, Altogether Sinful (i)-(iii) / In Its Time I Shall
Hasten It (i)-(ii) / With the Clouds of Heaven / He Sits Among the Paupers
/ Today — If You Would Only Listen to His Voice / His Name is Menachem
ben Chizkiyah / The Leper of the House of Rabbi [Yehudah HaNasi] / King
and Viceroy (i)-(ii) / The Days of Mashiach Will Last Forty Years
Ch. 4: Studies in Rambam, Hilchos Melachim, Ch. 11
Renewing the Davidic Dynasty / Consciously Awaiting His Coming / Two Sets
of Prooftexts (i)-(iii) / Each Text Serves a Purpose / Why Is the Return
from Exile Critical? / The Prophecy of Bilaam / Mashiach in Two Stages
/ Concentric Spheres of Influence / King David and Mashiach Compared /
The Additional Cities of Refuge (i)-(ii) / Inner Content / Miracles and
Wonders (i)-(ii) / A Bearer of Arms / R. Akiva’s Contemporaries / The Death
of Ben Koziva / An Early Heretic / A King from the House of David / Ripple
Effect (i)-(iv) / The Victory of Mashiach / Building the Sanctuary / What
Constitutes "The Beginning of the Redemption"? / The Sanctuary
and the Ingathering / Perfecting the World / Service in Unison
Ch. 5: Studies in Rambam, Hilchos Melachim, Ch. 12
What Will the World Look Like? / The Wolf and the Lamb / To Prepare Their
Hearts / Why Yearn for That Era? / Neither Famine nor War / Good Things
in Abundance / A World Flooded with the Knowledge of G-d / From the Conclusion
of Rambam to the Beginning (i)-(v)
Glossary