Editing Bringing Moshiach (section)

==== Additional Mitzvot and Practices ====

* '''Faith and Trust''': Our Sages say that "the exiles will gather only as a reward for faith... our ancestors were redeemed from Egypt only in the merit of faith." The Rebbe says that so too will it be with the future Geulah, which will come in the merit of the faith and trust of the Jewish people in the Geulah. Nevertheless, this faith should also penetrate internally through studying Chassidic teachings.
* '''Joy''': The power of joy can bring the Geulah, since it expresses our trust in the Geulah, and through this trust we "compel" Hashem, as it were, to fulfill it and bring the Geulah. The Rebbe especially emphasized the need to increase in joy not for a secondary purpose, but "pure joy" for bringing Moshiach, through which we will certainly succeed in bringing him.
* '''Ahavat Yisrael (Love of Fellow Jews)''': Our Sages said that the destruction of the Second Temple and the beginning of the final exile occurred because of baseless hatred. In light of this, the Rebbe explains many times that the correction that will bring the Geulah is baseless love. However, in 5751 (1991), the Rebbe announced that the cause of the exile had already been corrected, and therefore the special Ahavat Yisrael in our time is already a taste of the unity that will exist in the Geulah - and not to correct the exile.
* '''Be Fruitful and Multiply''': Our Sages said that "the son of David will not come until all the souls in the 'guf' (body) are used up," meaning that in Heaven there is a treasury of souls called "guf" and these souls need to descend to the world. The Rebbe repeated this many times and emphasized in light of this the importance of the birth of every Jewish child, and the rejection of family planning.
* '''Thanking Hashem for Miracles''': Our Sages relate that Hashem wanted to make King Chizkiyahu the Moshiach, but the reason He did not do so was because Chizkiyahu did not thank Hashem for the miracles He performed for him. In light of this, the Rebbe emphasized the importance of thanking Hashem for the miracles that happen to us, and publicizing them, in order to bring the Geulah.
* '''Kiddush Levanah (Sanctification of the Moon)''': On Shabbat Parshat Noach, the Rebbe encouraged that part of the spiritual accounting to bring the Geulah should be expressed in additional care and enhancement in Kiddush Levanah, since it alludes to the Geulah. Therefore, one should conduct this ceremony in important and beautiful clothes, in the street and with a large crowd to honor the King, with special intention to hasten and bring Moshiach immediately, through adding in the demand and request for the Geulah.