THE REBBE IS MOSHIACH, MAMASH MAMASH MAMASH

Chapter Five focused on citing sources to answer the question: Where do we find that the Rebbe told us to publicize the identity of Moshiach? There we showed how, in fact, the Rebbe did more than that; he personally publicized in the media who is the Moshiach in our generation: “The Rebbe, my father-in-law, the nasi of our generation, is the Moshiach of our generation.” Chapter Six now explores the original sources where the Rebbe asserts that Moshiach’s name is Menachem, and more particuarlly, Moshiach’s names are Menachem Mendel, which is the gematria of “Tzemach Tzedek.”  * From Chapter Six of Rabbi Shloma Majeski’s Likkutei Mekoros Vol. 2. (Underlined text is the compiler’s emphasis.)

Translated by Boruch Merkur

13. May it be G-d’s will – and this is of paramount importance – that the advent of the true and complete redemption through Moshiach Tzidkeinu should take place in actual fact and become reality, and may it be teikef u’miyad mamash, immediately.

Certainly there is no reason to wait until the month of Nissan for the redemption to take place. We don’t even need to wait until the month of Adar [Sheini] that precedes Nissan, nor the month of Adar [Rishon] that follows Shvat, for [we shall see for ourselves that] Moshiach Tzidkeinu arrives [today] on Shabbos Mevarchim Chodesh Adar Rishon, at the end of the month of Shvat, Zach [the 27^th of] Shvat. In particular, on Shabbos in the afternoon, at the time of Mincha and Seuda Shlishis (the third meal of Shabbos), which is connected with the third redemption and the third Beis HaMikdash.

So may we experience the redemption in the real sense, v’teikef u’miyad mamash (literally this instant), with all the interpretations of “MiYaD” (including the acronym that spells out the milestone generations of Moshe, Yisroel (Baal Shem Tov), Dovid (Malka Meshicha)*), as well as all the interpretations of the word “MaMaSH” [a possible allusion to the Rebbe’s full name, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Scheersohn]. First and foremost, may it be “miyad mamash” in the literal sense, mamash mamash mamash.

NOTES:          

*More particularly, concerning our generation, the acronym “MiYaD” alludes to the three periods connected with my revered father in-law, the Rebbe, leader of the generation (see above Seifer HaSichos 5752, Volume 1, pg. 256-266). In reverse chronology, beginning with our generation: Moshiach (“Menachem is his [Moshiach’s] name,” Yosef Yitzchok, Dovber (the second name of the Rebbe [Rashab], nishmaso Eden).

(Shabbos Parshas Mishpatim, 27 Shvat, Mevarchim HaChodesh Adar 1; Seifer HaSichos 5752, pg. 375-376)