6770 —ופרצת גם בד' אמות של כל יחיד: רצון תקיף בעצמו ותעמולה על הזולת

[15 Adar II^[1], 5719]

I acknowledge receipt of your letter – which gives no date of writing –

in which you write in outline^[2] about delivering the regards from here, etc., and also in outline about the situation in…^[3], etc.

May it be G‑d's will that the news received from the Holy Land^[4], concerning both general and particular matters, begin to be good – with a good that is visible and revealed. And until when?

Especially since, after all, "Ufaratzta" is being proclaimed^[5]; and it is obvious that it must also be in the four cubits of the individual and in the four cubits of the community^[6] – I mean that each person must do what depends on him in order to draw the matter down into the open. About this too it has been said, "It is an established presumption that activism does not return empty"^[7], and "nothing stands in the way of the will"^[8].

Each and every one of Anash^[9], and especially the students of Tomchei Temimim, has a twofold task: to bring about a firm will in himself, and to influence others through suitable activism; and this is easy to understand^[10].

May it be G‑d's will that, since we are in the month of Adar, of which it is said "it was turned about"^[11], and "joining redemption to redemption"^[12] from Adar to Nissan – redemption from everything that hinders serving G‑d with joy and gladness of heart – you will likewise share good news^[13] in all the above.

With blessings for good news^[14] soon, and for a year of success in general and in particular.

Publisher's notes

Printed in Likkutei Sichos, vol. 21^[15], p. 495.

"Ufaratzta" is being proclaimed (מכריזים על ענין דופרצת): see also above, letter 6541, and the references in the notes there.

Notes

1. 15 Adar II (ט"ו אד"ש): אד"ש = אדר שני, Adar II (5719 was a leap year). 15 Adar II is Shushan Purim.

2. In outline… the regards (ר"פ… הפ"ש): ר"פ = ראשי פרקים, "main points", i.e. briefly; הפ"ש = הפריסת שלום, "the regards". The recipient wrote briefly about delivering the regards that had been entrusted to him here.

3. In… (ב...): In the print the name of the place is replaced by dots.

4. The Holy Land (מאה"ק ת"ו): מאה"ק ת"ו = מארץ הקודש תבנה ותכונן, "from the Holy Land, may it be built and established".

5. "Ufaratzta" is being proclaimed (סו"ס - מכריזים על ענין דופרצת): סו"ס = סוף סוף, "after all". "Ufaratzta" is from Bereishis 28:14: "ופרצת ימה וקדמה וצפנה ונגבה", "and you shall spread out to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south"; Rashi: "ופרצת – וחזקת", "you shall become strong". The Rebbe spoke of "Ufaratzta" at the farbrengens of 12 Tammuz, 20 Menachem Av and Shabbos Parshas Eikev 5718 (publisher's note to letter 6541), and wrote in letter 6541 (6 MarCheshvan 5719): "as was spoken at the farbrengen, the matter of Ufaratzta will be openly revealed in all the affairs of the institutions of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, in the Holy Land". Later, in letter 6836 (3 Iyar 5719): "as it is the watchword of this year: Ufaratzta, to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south, and up to an inheritance without bounds".

6. The four cubits of the individual and the four cubits of the community (בד' אמות של הפרט וד"א של הכלל): צ"ל = צריך להיות; ג"כ = גם כן; ד"א = ד' אמות, "four cubits". The "spreading forth" must take place not only in communal affairs but also within the personal domain (the "four cubits") of every individual, as the Rebbe at once explains: "each person must do what depends on him".

7. Activism does not return empty (חזקה לתעמולה שאינה חוזרת ריקם): ע"ז = על זה, "about this". A saying of our Rebbeim, as the Rebbe wrote in letter 6537 (1 MarCheshvan 5719): "and the saying of our Rebbeim is known, that it is an established presumption that activism does not return empty"; and in vol. 12, letter 4185: "since our holy leaders have informed us that it is an established presumption that activism does not return empty". That is: effort and persuasion (activism) for a holy cause will in the end have its effect.

8. Nothing stands in the way of the will (ואין לך דבר העומד בפני הרצון): A well-known saying. The Rebbe joins the two sayings likewise in vol. 17, letter 6480 (18 Elul 5718): "nothing stands in the way of the will, and it is an established presumption that activism does not return empty".

9. Each and every one of Anash (כאו"א מאנ"ש): כאו"א = כל אחד ואחד; אנ"ש = אנשי שלומנו, "the men of our circle", the Chassidim.

10. This is easy to understand (וק"ל): וק"ל = וקל להבין. Matching the two sayings he quoted – "nothing stands in the way of the will" and "activism does not return empty" – each person's task is twofold: to rouse a firm will in himself, and to influence others through suitable persuasion.

11. "It was turned about" (שנהפוך הוא): From Esther 9:1: "ובשנים עשר חדש הוא חדש אדר... ונהפוך הוא אשר ישלטו היהודים המה בשנאיהם", "In the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar… it was turned about, that the Jews ruled over those who hated them".

12. "Joining redemption to redemption" (ומסמך גאולה לגאולה): From Megillah 6b: "אמר רבי טבי: טעמא דרבי שמעון בן גמליאל, מסמך גאולה לגאולה עדיף", "Rabbi Tavi said: the reason of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel is that joining redemption to redemption is preferable". In a leap year Purim is kept in the second Adar, "the Adar adjacent to Nissan" (ibid.), so as to join the redemption of Purim to the redemption of Pesach.

13. You will share good news (יבש"ט): יבש"ט = יבשר טוב.

14. Good news (לבשו"ט): לבשו"ט = לבשורות טובות.

15. Likkutei Sichos, vol. 21 (לקו"ש חכ"א): לקו"ש חכ"א = לקוטי שיחות חלק כ"א; ע' = עמוד, "page".

Summary

Acknowledging an undated report, the Rebbe writes that since "Ufaratzta" – spreading forth – is being proclaimed, it must take hold in the "four cubits" of every individual as well as of the community. Each of Anash, and especially the Temimim, has a twofold task: to rouse a firm will in himself and to influence others, for activism never returns empty. He closes with a blessing for Adar, the month of reversal, joined in redemption to Nissan.