the messiah [mashiach]

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00:00One of the cardinal principles of faith, probably in most religions, is the

00:08concept of Mashiach. The concept of Mashiach is there will come a day when

00:17somebody will arrive on the world scene who will bring peace to the world,

00:25goodness to the world, put an end to all war and to all suffering, and create a

00:32utopian life on earth. This individual is going to pick up where King Solomon left

00:45off. In other words, he is a descendant of King David. King David was given the

00:53crown in Jewish life. So the royal family in Judaism is the family of

01:02David through his son Solomon and Mashiach will be a descendant of David and

01:08Solomon. This individual will be very effective, very successful in influencing

01:17the world for the good. But that role, influencing the world for the good, is

01:28there only one person in all of history that does that? There will be only one

01:34person in the world who influences everyone in the world towards goodness.

01:40But on a smaller scale, there are people in history who created so much goodness for so

01:49many people that they earned the title of a regional Mashiach. Abraham had a huge effect on

02:03Jewish morality, not only on Jewish morality, but on Persian morality. You could say they were the Mashiach of

02:26Mashiach of their time, of their location. So anyone who influences the world towards the better is acting like a Mashiach.

02:41And it takes many before we can get to the ultimate Mashiach. And that's why Mashiach is not here because we haven't

02:56accumulated enough little influences to get the world ready for the big influence. So every generation has had its Mashiach.

03:08Rambam in his time, Rabbi Akiva in his time, certainly Moses. Can Moses be described as a Mashiach?

03:23I don't know. First of all, he brought the Jews out of Egypt and he enlightened them with Torah. Huge!

03:38In fact, Rambam describes Moshe as the first Mashiach who will also be the final Mashiach.

03:50Now, in every generation, the Mashiach of that generation is a potential world-class Mashiach. So in every generation, there was a distinct possibility that the Mashiach, the ultimate Mashiach would arrive at that time. And it would be the Mashiach of that generation.

04:15But if the time was not right, and the generation was not yet deserving, then the Mashiach of the generation made his contribution, brought the world a giant step closer, but it's not the Mashiach yet.

04:36That's why there can be the Mashiach. That's why there can be the Mashiach. That's why there can be so much confusion.

04:42Or, well, it looks like confusion anyway.

04:46Rabbi Akiva was convinced that Bar Kochba was Mashiach.

04:50Absolutely.

04:52And he convinced everybody else.

04:54But it didn't happen.

04:58The world did not come to a peaceful coexistence.

05:04People did not become truly, permanently better, although there was a vast improvement which made it look like he was Mashiach.

05:18So he was, of course, the Mashiach of his generation.

05:23But sadly, he was not the Mashiach.

05:30So in Hebrew terminology, when we say Mashiach, we're not necessarily speaking about that descendant of King David who is going to bring the world to its perfection.

05:42If we're talking about him, it would be described as Melech HaMashiach, the King who is anointed.

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06:20But anybody who serves God properly can be described as anointed.

06:24Every king in Israel throughout history was an anointed.

06:30Every high priest was anointed.

06:33So Mashiach literally means anointed, sanctified by being anointed with holy oil.

06:46So that gives you a position of leadership and of prominence.

06:50But there's only one King Mashiach, and he has not come yet.

06:58So the Rebbe mentioned many times.

07:03There is Mashiach.

07:06There is the Mashiach of every generation.

07:11There is the personal Mashiach, your mentor, your teacher, influencer, inspirer.

07:20Who took you out of your exile?

07:24Who introduced you to the world of truth and godliness?

07:29That's your personal Mashiach.

07:32So you have the very personal Mashiach.

07:35You have the communal Mashiach of the generation.

07:39And then you have the great Mashiach.

07:44The Rebbe took it down another step.

07:47In each of us, there's an element of Mashiach.

07:52By creating us, God, in effect, anoints us to be a Mashiach.

08:00To have an influence on the world, to bring the world closer to godliness, which is what Mashiach does.

08:12So the Rebbe urged us to find the Mashiach within ourselves.

08:23Or in different words, the Rebbe would not permit individual private citizenship.

08:35No one is a private citizen.

08:38Here's the example of a guy is digging a hole through the hull of a ship.

08:44And people say, what are you doing?

08:46He says, it's under my seat.

08:48It's none of your business.

08:52I'm an individual.

08:53I bought a ticket on this ship.

08:55This is my seat.

08:57So why would you care if I'm digging a hole or drilling a hole under my seat?

09:06And of course, the answer is, there's just one ship.

09:12The hole under your seat is going to affect everybody.

09:17So we can be petty in our thinking, parochial, nearsighted, myopic.

09:24It's just me.

09:27Or, we can be conscious of the big ship.

09:34So I can say, look, I'm no great Mashiach, so what I do doesn't really matter much.

09:41Yes, it does.

09:45Because the Mashiach is made up of tiny Mashiachs.

09:50And they have to come first.

09:53And then the great Mashiach can come.

09:56So the Rebbe took private citizens and turned them into universal representatives of God's interest in his creation.

10:08So no one is allowed to be a private citizen.

10:13What you do affects the world.

10:16Don't think petty.

10:19A person commits a sin.

10:24It had a negative effect on the world.

10:27And all you care about is whether you're going to suffer consequences.

10:31That's petty.

10:32And so the focus of, will I go to heaven?

10:37Will I go to hell?

10:38Will I be deserving?

10:40Will I be guilty?

10:41That's so petty.

10:43Now, there was a time when life was petty.

10:48It was the reality.

10:50You were born in a certain town.

10:54You're going to live your life in that town.

10:56You're going to die in that town.

10:58If your father was a butcher, you're going to be a butcher.

11:00If your father was a cobbler, you're going to be a cobbler.

11:03Life was tiny.

11:05But with time, life got bigger.

11:10When in the past, in history, was one person able to communicate with millions?

11:20In real time.

11:24If you can communicate with millions, it means you affect millions.

11:29So now, today, being petty is completely unacceptable.

11:37Unjustified.

11:40So, when a person thinks, should I sin or should I not sin?

11:45Don't think petty.

11:49It's not just about you.

11:52It's about the world.

11:54So, it's not, am I going to sin or am I not going to sin?

11:58Are you going to be part of the solution for the world or part of the world's problem?

12:04It's a much bigger question.

12:07So, your own faith now fades into insignificance.

12:14Will you go to heaven or will you go to hell?

12:17Really, is that the big problem?

12:19Is that the big question?

12:22There are eight billion people in the world that you're affecting and you're just worried about yourself?

12:28How can you be like that?

12:29How can you be like that?

12:32So, what used to be great virtue, a person introverted, devoted to self-improvement?

12:45When you can improve the entire world and you choose to improve only yourself, how narcissistic can we get?

13:02And so, the Rebbe setting the tone for our generation said, get out of your exile.

13:11Exile means you're restricted, you're limited, you have no authority, you're a stranger in a strange land.

13:20No, no, no.

13:21Get out of that mentality.

13:24The world is sensitive to what you do, say and think.

13:31So, what will you do for the world?

13:34Positive thought, positive word, positive action.

13:39You've changed the world for the better.

13:42Negative thought?

13:45So, let's think big.

13:49That prepares us for the big changes that Mashiach, the Mashiach will bring.

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