Pesach Blessings and Going Beyond Limitations

Holy letters of the Rebbe in volume 17, letter number 6162. Baruch Hashem, the 7th of Nissan, 5718, Brooklyn, New York.

And the Rebbe is addressing it to the members of the community, Kehilla Kadisha, the holy community, which name is Shuva Yisroel, and headed by Harav HaGaon HeChasid, Rabbi— the Rebbe has written to him before with all the titles—Ze’ev Shlita Greenberg in Buenos Aires.

So the Rebbe says, “Shalom uvracha beribui.” The Rebbe is writing much peace and much blessing. Most letters begin with “Shalom uvracha,” but here the Rebbe adds an abundance. And the Rebbe says that as we approach the festival of matzos, the time of our redemption, which is coming upon us for the good, for us and for all Jewish people for the good, I want to express my blessing to each one of you and to your family members, may they live, a blessing of Chag Kasher v’Sameach, a kosher and happy Pesach, a time of redemption, true redemption.

Now, besides the Rebbe’s holiness and the Rebbe being a Rebbe, you see how the Rebbe reached out. When it came before Pesach, he wrote them a letter, he wrote a note. The Rebbe showed how to reach out to people. When it comes before Yom Tov, make sure to send a note and speak to them. And the Rebbe blesses them that they should continue and extend from this freedom and joy to the entire year.

Especially, as the Rebbe says, and this is very similar to the previous letters, that the service of Hashem, as instructed in the Torah—which is a Toras Chaim, a Torah for life—is in all matters of the person during the entire day and night, as the posuk says, “B’chol drachecha da’eihu,” in all your ways know Him. So we are always serving Hashem. Whatever we are doing, even our own matters, it is still part of serving Hashem.

The Rebbe says, “I have requested that in a timely manner they should send from here to your holy community Matzah Shmura, in a way that it should reach each one, at least the two kezayisim, and it is my hope that they have been received in a timely way.” And the Rebbe is making sure that they receive matzah.

And the Rebbe prays, may it be the will of Hashem that the Matzah Shmura should accomplish its effect. What is its effect? It is “maichala d’mehemnusa u’maichala d’asvusa,” food of faith and food of healing, that those who eat it should receive faith in Hashem and also healing, both physical and spiritual.

And the Guardian of Israel—this is based on the teaching of our sages on the verse “Leil shimurim hu”—that the night of Pesach is a night of guarding. And the sages tell us, “BeNisan nigalu u’beNisan asidin lehiga’el,” that in Nissan we were redeemed and in Nissan we will be redeemed again in the future.

And the Rebbe says that this should be fulfilled very soon in our days, the promise, “Kimei tzeischa me’eretz Mitzrayim arenu niflaos,” just as in the days of your going out of Egypt, I will show you wonders. And as explained by my father-in-law, the Rebbe, in the maamar “Kimei Tzeischa” from the year 5708.

So what does it say there? It says “kimei,” the days of your leaving Egypt. Even though the Jews physically left Egypt in one day, on the 15th of Nissan, it is still called “days” because from the time we left Egypt until the future redemption, we are still in the process of leaving Egypt. Egypt is not just a place; it is a concept. It represents limitation and constraint.

So the Rebbe says that one must continue to go out of their personal Egypt, from all limitations, and then Hashem will show us wonders through Mashiach Tzidkeinu.

The Rebbe concludes with honor and with blessings for a Pesach Kasher v’Sameach.

And we see here that the Rebbe was writing to different communities before Pesach, sending them blessings and also sending them matzah. The Rebbe blesses them with freedom, true freedom from all limitations, and that the matzah should bring faith and healing. And the Rebbe emphasizes that throughout all of life we are serving Hashem, and therefore we must do so with joy. And by going out of our limitations, we prepare for the ultimate redemption.

Summary
The Rebbe teaches that true freedom is rising above personal limitations. Through faith, mitzvos, and joy in serving Hashem, one continuously leaves “Mitzrayim,” drawing closer to the final redemption.

אגרות קודש של הרבי, כרך י״ז, מכתב מספר 6162. ברוך השם, ז׳ ניסן תשי״ח, ברוקלין.

המכתב מופנה לחברי הקהילה הקדושה “שובה ישראל” בבואנוס איירס, בראשות הרב זאב גרינברג.

הרבי פותח בברכת שלום וברכה מרובים, וכותב לקראת חג הפסח—זמן חירותנו—שהוא מברך את כל חברי הקהילה ובני משפחותיהם בברכת חג פסח כשר ושמח, זמן של גאולה אמיתית.

הרבי מדגיש שיש להמשיך את השמחה והחירות לכל ימות השנה, שכן עבודת ה׳ היא בכל רגע ובכל ענייני האדם, כפי שנאמר “בכל דרכיך דעהו”.

הרבי מציין ששלח מצה שמורה לקהילה, ומקווה שהגיעה בזמן. הוא מתפלל שתפעל את פעולתה—מאכל האמונה ומאכל הרפואה—להביא אמונה ורפואה בגשמיות וברוחניות.

הרבי מזכיר את דברי חז״ל שבליל פסח יש שמירה מיוחדת, ושבניסן נגאלו ובניסן עתידים להיגאל.

הרבי מבאר את הפסוק “כימי צאתך מארץ מצרים אראנו נפלאות”, שהיציאה ממצרים היא תהליך מתמשך של יציאה מכל הגבלות.

הרבי מסיים בברכה לגאולה השלמה בקרוב ממש, ולחג פסח כשר ושמח.