5888 —חקירת המשמעות העמוקה של צבא בחסידות

B"H, 2nd of Kislev, 5718.

Brooklyn.

Haraha"g Haraha"ch iy"a nu"n oseik b'tzt"z Mohe Ephraim Eliezer Kohen

Shalom u'Vrachah!

In response to your letter from the 28th of Marcheshvan, especially its conclusion regarding the explanation in the discourse beginning "BeEtzem HaYom HaZeh," 5701, about the concept of tzava, etc. See also in the hemshech "Bati LeGani," section 11 and onward, from my father-in-law the Rebbe, Yud Shevat 5710, which discusses three interpretations of tzava and their meanings. It is surprising that you wish to interpret this on a lower level—in deep lowliness—when it can be explained in profound height. Even as you wrote in your letter: "their end is wedged in their beginning," so too in this hemshech it says "and their beginning is in their end," meaning that at the end one must search; and when one searches with effort, eventually—the beginning is found, the profound height. It can be said this is like what is written elsewhere: this is both the start and purpose of avodah (service), and this is the concept of tzava.

I am enclosing a copy of my letter to someone else on this topic, which is relevant here as well.

Blessings.

Summary

The Rebbe teaches that one should always seek deeper meaning in Torah concepts like tzava, striving for higher understanding through diligent study rather than settling for superficial explanations.