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It's Time To Rise & Pray For The Coming of Moshiach!!

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Closing Message and Hope

The speaker ends the year by thanking viewers and noting that their YouTube messages have surpassed one million views. They express hope this may be the final time they speak online, explaining that Moshiach is coming soon.

They describe the coming of Moshiach as a cause for communal joy—imagining that everyone will eventually dance together in the Beis HaMikdash and even hear directly from Moshiach.

Encouragement for the New Year

They encourage listeners to:

  • Thank Hashem for another year
  • Give tzedakah on Erev Yom Tov / Erev Rosh Hashanah

Shofar and Hashem’s “Coronation”

The speaker briefly discusses the importance of a shofar-sounding moment in Hashem’s coronation. They contrast:

  • Smaller vs. fuller shofar effects
  • Emphasizing that the complete “crowning” is associated with a Tzaddik blowing the shofar

Central Story: The Power of Intention

A story is used to illustrate a spiritual principle:

  1. A young man who was not a Chassid comes to 770 hoping to receive personal blessing—specifically, a child.
  2. He expects the Rebbe to help through the shofar.
  3. The Rebbe has difficulty blowing the shofar, which the man suspects is because his request is too self-focused.
  4. The young man changes his intention: instead of asking only for himself, he asks that the whole world be blessed.
  5. The shofar then blows successfully.
  6. A year later, the man returns with a baby.
  7. When the Rebbe sees him, the Rebbe looks intensely at the man and then the baby, asking whether the baby is connected to the shofar moment.

Main Takeaway

The speaker’s key lesson is:

Personal focus—to the exclusion of others—can block blessing, while embracing a broader, shared concern (especially needs everyone has) leads to success.

They urge people that on Rosh Hashanah (and before the holiday) to pray not only for their own needs, but especially for what everyone needs—particularly the coming of Moshiach. This is framed as a coming “shofar” event that will be heard “this Yom Tov.”

Presenters / Contributors

  • The Alter Rebbe / Rebbe (Lubavitcher Rebbe, referenced as “the Rebbe”)
  • The young man (individual in the story)
  • Napoleon (mentioned in historical context within the story)
  • The Russians (mentioned in historical context within the story)

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