Redemption - Words of light and encouragement
Week Ending: Friday, 30 July, 2010 - Shabbos Eikev, 20 Av, 5770
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A Jew's true inner nature stands above exile. Furthermore, the exile itself does not create a separation between a Jew and G-d. Though exile implies that we are not found in our natural place, we are "children who were exiled from their father's table," nevertheless, it was G-d's will that we were exiled. Thus, when a person realizes that the only reason he is in exile is G-d's will, he understands that his life in exile is also a fulfillment of G-d's will and by fulfilling G-d's will, he becomes united with G-d.

(The Lubavitcher Rebbe, 20 Av, 1985)
 

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