Editing Bringing Moshiach (section)

== The Personal Action of Every Jew ==
[[File:כינוס חרום.jpg|thumb|''Notice for an emergency gathering to bring Moshiach that took place in Kfar Chabad following the famous sicha'']]
The work to bring Moshiach is the service of each and every Jew. Although the leader of the generation can accomplish this through his own powers, nevertheless, he involves all the people of the generation in this work<ref>Sicha of Yud Shevat 5711 (1951), Section 13, From Likutei Sichos Vol. 2, p. 501, in Yiddish; in Hebrew. See also Sicha of Purim 5747 (1987) Section 18 and onward (Hisvaaduyos Vol. 2, p. 620).</ref>.

The service of a Jew accomplishes not only the bringing of Moshiach but all the wonderful revelations that will exist in the redemption - including those that in themselves are beyond any connection with created beings and their service<ref>Likutei Sichos Volume 12, p. 73 and onward. See also Dvar Malchus Parshas Emor 5751 (1991).</ref>.

When Moshiach comes, he will thank every Jew for their work and actions during exile for bringing the redemption<ref>Sicha of Shabbos Parshas Va'eschanan 5748 (1988). See also Sicha of Dvar Malchus Parshas Bamidbar 5751 (1991) at its conclusion.</ref>.

==== The Power of Every Jew to Bring Moshiach ====
The Rambam rules:<blockquote>"Every person should see himself throughout the entire year as if he is half meritorious and half guilty; and likewise the entire world, half meritorious and half guilty...

If one performs a single mitzvah - he has tipped the scale for himself and for the entire world to the side of merit, and caused salvation and deliverance for them."</blockquote>The Rebbe quoted these words of the Rambam in his sichos countless times and explained them. The Rebbe explains the power that every Jew has through one action to bring Moshiach, since through this action he reveals the essence of his soul - the level of yechidah, and to this applies the principle that "when you grasp part of the essence, you grasp it entirely"; thus it is clear that this revelation brings about the general revelation of the essence in the redemption; and furthermore, the question arises in the opposite direction - how is it possible that after such a revelation of the essence, the redemption has still not come?

In another place, the Rebbe compares this to an atomic bomb, which even a small person who does not understand and know its nature can activate, and in one moment cause destruction throughout the world - and the measure of goodness is greater, from which one can understand '''with human intellect''' (and not just with faith) how one action of a Jew can bring redemption to the entire world.

In our generation, which is the generation of the footsteps of Moshiach and the lowest among all those that preceded it - the question may arise even more strongly: how can such a lowly generation bring Moshiach? To this, the Rebbe explains that this is like the parable of a dwarf on the shoulders of a giant - although the dwarf sees for a short distance, much less than the giant, nevertheless when standing on the giant's shoulders he can see farther, even more than the giant. Similarly, in our generation, the powers that were generated through the service of all previous generations accumulate, and one action from our generation is sufficient to bring Moshiach.

Another point the Rebbe notes is that '''precisely because''' we are the lowest generation, we have the power to elevate all the generations before us, since through the elevation of the lowest, all the parts above are automatically elevated.

==== Responsibility of Every Jew to Bring Moshiach ====
[[File:עוד מעשה קטן.jpg|thumb|A sign from a Moshiach publicity campaign, calling on Jews to act to bring Moshiach]]
In addition to the fact that every individual has the power to bring Moshiach, they must know that this is their responsibility, and not place the work on others; similarly, they should focus on their own personal work, in the situation in which they find themselves, and not think about what they could have done if they were in a different place or situation - since specifically by transforming their personal matters into redemption, they will bring about the general redemption.

This responsibility increases as we get closer to the redemption. A special and significant turning point occurred when the Rebbe delivered the famous sicha on 28 Nissan 5751 (1991), in which he transferred the responsibility of bringing Moshiach to the Chassidim, saying: "Do everything in your power - matters that are in the manner of 'lights of Tohu,' but in 'vessels of Tikun' - to bring Moshiach Tzidkeinu immediately and literally now! ... I have done my part, and from now on, you do everything in your power."

In several sichos, the Rebbe sharply addressed the approach that supposedly there is no need to act to bring Moshiach - since this is Hashem's role and therefore His "calculation," and there is no halachic requirement for a Jew to act with the goal of bringing Moshiach. The Rebbe referred to this as galut-thinking of a Jew immersed in himself and fulfilling his own desires, and this is the reason he does not care that the Shechinah and the Jewish people are in exile, and must leave this situation as quickly as possible.

The Rebbe emphasized that this work of bringing Moshiach does not contradict the prohibition of Chazal "not to force the end" - because it does not involve actions such as adjuring angels and the like, but rather adding to the observance of Torah and mitzvot, just with the intention to hasten the redemption.