Editing To Live Geulah (section)

== Content and Its Essence ==

==== "To Receive Moshiach" ====
On a deeper level, the Rebbe explained the avodah (spiritual service) - Moshiach has already been revealed (both the spark of Moshiach in every Jew, and the general Moshiach - in every generation there is one worthy to be Moshiach, and when the work is completed and the obstacles are removed, he is revealed); and accordingly, the avodah is not to bring about his revelation but '''to receive''' the revelation through man's service.

==== "All the Days of Your Life to Bring the Days of Moshiach" ====
''Extended topics – Dvar Malchus Shemos, Dvar Malchus Toldos''

This avodah is hinted at in the language of the Mishnah - which discusses the obligation to mention the miracle of the Exodus from Egypt every day - "all the days of your life '''to bring''' the days of Moshiach": In this phrasing is hinted man's avodah during the time of galus (exile), "all the days of your life," in which he must "bring" and within them reveal the "days of Moshiach" (and accordingly, even the mention of the Exodus from Egypt today is connected with the complete Geulah that will be in the days of Moshiach). This means that a person does not remain passive in anticipation and waiting for Moshiach to come, but must take part in bringing him by beginning now to live in the spirit of the days of Moshiach; and when he lives this way, this is the final preparation that automatically brings Moshiach in actuality.

An additional matter is hinted at in the phrase "all the days of your life" - that this avodah of living Geulah encompasses a person's entire life and touches the very essence of his existence. And in the Rebbe's words:<blockquote>"All the days of your life" - means every moment that a person lives, both day and night, both awake and asleep, for even then he lives through breathing air ("Let every soul praise G-d," "for every breath that a person breathes, etc.") which must occur at every moment (unlike eating and drinking). And "all the days of your life to bring the days of Moshiach" - means that his vitality (at every moment) is in bringing the days of Moshiach, that is, not only when he thinks and speaks and does actions to bring Moshiach, but his very vitality ("your life") is to bring the days of Moshiach. — Shabbos Parshas Toldos 5752</blockquote>

==== "Opening the Eyes" ====
The Rebbe expressed this concept of divine service by saying that all that remains to be done is "to open the eyes" and see that 'everything' is already prepared for the Geulah. This expression defines how one performs the work of "receiving the face of Moshiach" - through contemplation and paying attention to the fact that everything is ready for Geulah and we can already see Geulah in the world, a person lives Geulah in their own life.