Editing Elections (section)

== The Meaning of Elections in Divine Service ==
During a period when elections were held in several regions, the Rebbe wrote to Knesset member Yosef Burg about elections and their meaning in avodas Hashem. We learn from elections that although the voter is flesh and blood, the candidate tries to find favor in the voter's eyes, wholeheartedly and with full dedication, and will even exert effort and trouble himself just to be elected in practice. How much more so regarding Hakadosh Baruch Hu, as it was at the time of Matan Torah, it is only right to behave in the manner described - to find favor in the eyes of the voter and to be truly chosen. The Rebbe also adds that regarding a flesh and blood voter, the elected official must repay the voter, which is not the case regarding Hakadosh Baruch Hu, where He is the giver and the elected is the receiver, and what the elected needs to give to the voter is Torah study and fulfillment of mitzvos, which is also for the benefit of the elected.