Father, Where Are You?

The purpose of exile has been explained with a parable: G-d hides from us, like a father hides from his son - in order to evoke the son's deepest desire to find his father and be close to him again.
But after looking for so long, the son is liable to give up the search! He may even forget that the father is there altogether. The Jew may continue to adhere to Jewish law, but no longer hope for a meaningful relationship with G-d. And when confronted about this he can respond: "Why complain to me? Complain to G-d! How long must we wait for Him?" G-d is the One Who makes man finite and limited, and the exile seems to be more than man can handle. When a person increases the Divine light in his life, and specifically a real and tangible joy, then "joy bursts through barriers" - it tears down the barriers within himself, and the thick barriers of the darkness of exile.

From Living Torah (Volume 48, Episode 190)
http://www.livingtorah.org

* Nigun "Yiddalech Shreit"
* G-d's Word, In Your Hands
* Revolutionaries

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[primeralives]

Incredible! I can feel the power and emotion in the rebbe like i've never heard before. Amazing insight.

[arual1969]

I LOVE THE JEWS PEOPLE!!!!

[bheadh]

Job tells us where God is and what He's doing. It also tells us what we can do with suffering in our lives...put it Gods hands and quit complaining. All creation is a beautiful and huge tapestry God is making for us..we only see part of His vast creation with our puny little telescopes and yet man thinks he knows where the universe came from (nowhere) among other rediculous claims being taught to our children. God is not here in todays society...and it isn't HIS fault.

[SuperHorusra]

i have called my son out of egypt. E G P T=5772 . Y being the archetype for the saviour God. Love is the law,5772 is the end of the program.5772 is encoded in the great pyramid ,the height of the pyramid is 481 feet times 12 of the zodiac =5772 !

5772 is the jewish new year.29th of september 2011......29 days later the mayan calendar comes to an end on the 28th of october 2011.one year = a pyramid inch.

This pyramid Meme shall be known !

[TheKinformation]

In other words be happy, rejoice in the fact G-d loves you, and hence yearn for more of that love which will be realized in the Messianic era.

[TheKinformation]

Hi Grizzzly540

It would seem to me that the Rebbe was in effect talking a. to Himself for whatever he inspired others to do he firstly expected of himself b. the fact is the Rebbe who saw things in Heaven realized it was our mission to end the exile which firstly comes about through desiring the infinite love / light of G-d that will be revealed then. C. Practically he is suggesting we should exult in the love / light G-d has for us now as a person who is joyous can remove his mind’s limitation

[Grizzzly540]

Please let us know what occasion this inspiring lecture was for so we may put it into context. It sounded pretty emotional, I haven't that in the few other Rebbe video's I have seen.

Thank you

[shalomelyahu]

7:37 untill 7:45 was realy powerfull what the rebbe said

[mthompsoNZ]

@zachskrit

My thanks to you, and my apologies for being so sillyy.

As a Gentile convert to Messianic Judaism, I hadn't thought that far through.

I have considered learning Hebrew (and Greek) but am put off by tlack of time.

Shalom, and thanks again.

[zachskrit]

The Rebbe doesn't use a version there is one Torah with the same words it's in Hebrew, the verse is Deuteronomy 31:18.

[mthompsoNZ]

Does anyone know what version Rebbe uses? As a gentile believer I am at a loss to find the scripture of "I shall hide", so I can note his insight.