155 —ברכות לחתונה, ימי שבע ברכות, ומתן תורה

B"H, Wednesday, 9 Sivan 5704.

Brooklyn.

The outstanding Avrech vavac"h iy"a chov"b etc. hatamim Mahor"r Avraham Shmuel.

Shalom u'Vrachah!

In response to your invitation to your wedding in Shtomotz, I send my blessing: Mazal tov, mazal tov! May you build a home in Israel on the foundations and inner dimension of Torah and mitzvah.

It can be said that the general wedding of the Jewish people with the Holy One, blessed be He, was in the third month (Sivan), as our Sages say in Mechilta Yisro (cited in Rashi on the Torah at the beginning of Parshas Berachah) that G‑d went out to greet them like a groom, etc.

We rule that on the sixth of Sivan the Torah was given, as our Rebbe writes in his pure Shulchan (Shulchan Aruch) at the beginning of Siman Tzadik Dalet (and this is also evident from our custom regarding Torah reading, based on what Rashi writes "veha'idna Megillah la," etc.), and that the seven days of feasting extend until and including the twelfth of Sivan. Therefore, this connects with what is said about tashlumin (make-up offerings) for Shavuos being until and including the twelfth (Chagigah 17a), and with what our Sages say (Yoma 4b) that according to those who hold that on the sixth [of Sivan] the Torah was given, these days until and including the twelfth were divided—for separation—from later days. In any case, according to all opinions these days are among the seven days of feasting for the Groom—King of kings—the Holy One blessed be He.

May it be G‑d's will that—as our Sages say (Pirkei d'Rabbi Eliezer ch. 17): Just as a king's face shines like sunlight (as it is written "in the light of a king's face is life," see Radal), so too does a groom's face shine like sunlight—may Hashem shine His countenance upon him so that all blessings bestowed by my revered father-in-law, Admor shlita, will be fulfilled in him.

With a blessing of mazal tov; immediate teshuvah; immediate redemption.

Summary

The Rebbe connects personal milestones like marriage to national spiritual events such as Matan Torah. He teaches that just as G‑d greeted Israel as a groom greets his bride at Sinai, so too should every Jewish home be built on Torah foundations and merit abundant blessings.