Igrot Kodesh · Letter 1157 — Geulah

[Menachem Av 5711]

I was pleased to take note of your decision to dedicate yourself to the dissemination of the light of Chassidus*.

I regret only that you defer this activity to a later time, while "he[1] stands behind our wall"[2]. Only the spreading of the wellsprings[3] forms the obstacle[4].

And one can imagine the pain represented by one more moment in galus*, the pleasure brought by one more moment having known the geulah*.

Notes

[1] Moshiach.

[2] Shir HaShirim 2:9 — interpreted of Moshiach, whose coming is imminent.

[3] Of Chassidus.

[4] Because the spreading has not yet been sufficiently realized — see the famous letter of the Baal Shem Tov to his brother-in-law Rabbi Gershon of Kitov, the iggeres ha'kodesh of Aliyas HaNeshamah, in which Moshiach replied "when your wellsprings will spread outward."

א'קנז

[מנ"א ה'תשי " א ]

... ושמחתי לקרוא החלטתו להתעסק בהפצת אור החסידות וכו'. ורק חבל על שדוחה זה לאחר זמן - בה בשעה ש"הנה זה עומד אחר כתלינו" ורק הפצת המעיינות מעכבת והיש לשער הצער של רגע אחד בגלות, או רגע אחד נוסף בזמן הגאולה, ותענוגו בו.

א'קנז
נדפסה בלקו"ש חכ"ג ע' 450.