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(Created page with "The Seventh Generation is a term referring to the current generation. The name derives from our being the seventh generation since the establishment of Chabad Chassidism by the Alter Rebbe, after which seven Chabad leaders have served, up until today when the Rebbe serves as the seventh president. The Rebbe announced and prophesied about this generation that it would be the last generation of exile and the first generation of redemption. = Drawing Down the Divine Prese...") |
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The Rebbe announced and prophesied about this generation that it would be the last generation of exile and the first generation of redemption. | The Rebbe announced and prophesied about this generation that it would be the last generation of exile and the first generation of redemption. | ||
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= In the Midrash = | |||
Regarding the verse "I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride" - which describes the giving of the Torah, when the Holy One came and was revealed in this physical world called "my garden" - the Midrash states that the reason the world is called "my garden" - God's garden, is because from the beginning of creation God was revealed in His world. | Regarding the verse "I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride" - which describes the giving of the Torah, when the Holy One came and was revealed in this physical world called "my garden" - the Midrash states that the reason the world is called "my garden" - God's garden, is because from the beginning of creation God was revealed in His world. | ||
Through the sin of the Tree of Knowledge, the Divine Presence ascended to the first heaven, and through six additional sins the Divine Presence ascended from heaven to heaven until reaching the seventh heaven of the seven heavens above. Afterwards came seven righteous ones - beginning with Abraham, followed by Isaac, Jacob, Levi, Kehat and Amram - who brought down the Divine Presence, with each one bringing it down through another heaven; until Moses - the seventh - brought the Divine Presence down below through the establishment of the Tabernacle. | Through the sin of the Tree of Knowledge, the Divine Presence ascended to the first heaven, and through six additional sins the Divine Presence ascended from heaven to heaven until reaching the seventh heaven of the seven heavens above. Afterwards came seven righteous ones - beginning with Abraham, followed by Isaac, Jacob, Levi, Kehat and Amram - who brought down the Divine Presence, with each one bringing it down through another heaven; until Moses - the seventh - brought the Divine Presence down below through the establishment of the Tabernacle. | ||
= In Recent Generations = | == In Recent Generations == | ||
In the final discourse of the Previous Rebbe, which was given on what would later be revealed as the day of his passing - "Basi L'Gani" 5710 - the words of the above Midrash are explained. | In the final discourse of the Previous Rebbe, which was given on what would later be revealed as the day of his passing - "Basi L'Gani" 5710 - the words of the above Midrash are explained. | ||
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"This is what is demanded from each and every one of us of the seventh generation, for all sevenths are beloved. Although our being in the seventh generation is not by our choice and not through our service, and in several matters perhaps not according to our will, nevertheless, all sevenths are beloved, as we find ourselves in the footsteps of Mashiach, at the conclusion of these footsteps, and the service is to complete drawing down the Divine Presence, and not just the Divine Presence but the essential Divine Presence, specifically in the lowest realms." | "This is what is demanded from each and every one of us of the seventh generation, for all sevenths are beloved. Although our being in the seventh generation is not by our choice and not through our service, and in several matters perhaps not according to our will, nevertheless, all sevenths are beloved, as we find ourselves in the footsteps of Mashiach, at the conclusion of these footsteps, and the service is to complete drawing down the Divine Presence, and not just the Divine Presence but the essential Divine Presence, specifically in the lowest realms." | ||
= The Seventh Generation = | == The Seventh Generation == | ||
This fundamental discourse opened the way for the Rebbe's comprehensive work to spread Judaism and Chassidism throughout the world through emissaries and mitzvah campaigns - work whose purpose is to complete our generation's task and bring redemption. Countless times during his years of leadership the Rebbe expressed that this generation is the last generation of exile and first of redemption, and in it the required work in exile will be completed. | This fundamental discourse opened the way for the Rebbe's comprehensive work to spread Judaism and Chassidism throughout the world through emissaries and mitzvah campaigns - work whose purpose is to complete our generation's task and bring redemption. Countless times during his years of leadership the Rebbe expressed that this generation is the last generation of exile and first of redemption, and in it the required work in exile will be completed. | ||