"How to Fight the Evil Regime" - Part 3

 26 Shevat 5781

(Part 1, Part 2)

Excerpts from The End Illuminated: Sequel, Chapter 3, "Gezeiros Before the Geulah"...

...there are...times when hishtadlus is not called for at all, nor will it be effective.  One of those times is now, as we approach the end of galus and prepare for the Geulah.  At this time ideally we should not engage in hishtadlus at all in regard to the current gezeiros or certain communal tzaros whose whole purpose is just to motivate us to daven for the Geulah,....

...it is clear from numerous sources (see Keitz Hayamim, vol. 4, sha'ar 5:3) that Klal Yisrael will merit the Geulah by recognizing and internalizing the truth of ein od milvado.  If that is the case, then obviously hishtadlus will not be the appropriate way to approach the gezeiros that precede the Geulah.

...Now, at the end of our galus, it is necessary for us ... to come to the clear recognition of ein od milvado and ein al mi lihisha'ein ela al Avinu ShebaShamayim in order to merit the Geulah Shleimah.  Therefore, doing hishtadlus now to counteract the gezeiros with which we are being faced, and that are here to bring us to this recognition, would be counterproductive. 

...besides for the current tzaros pushing us to recognize ein od milvado, upon which the Geulah is dependent, davening for the Geulah in itself may be one of the pivotal purposes of our current tzaros.

...although throughout galus it was correct to do hishtadlus, and surely to daven to get rid of our tzaros so we could continue to serve Hashem in galus, at this point hishtadlus and davening for salvation from these particular tzaros are no longer appropriate on a communal level....

Now is the time to beg for the Geulah. 

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Excerpts from The Ishmaelite Exile, Part 6: The End of Days: Final Purification, Chapter 3: "Israel's Tribulations as Preparation for Redemption"... 

The Chessed LeAvraham writes that the intensification of Israel's oppression constitutes a wonderful process of purification in preparation for the redemption:

Israel's troubles will become as grave as can be, and they will suffer intense pain.  They will say of the mountains, "They have covered us," and of the hills, "They have fallen upon us," because of the tremendous troubles that will surround them on all sides.  The reason for this is that the Divine Presence will judge its household, and G-d will bring them back to the established covenant so as to purify them for the redemption and for the goodness promised to us by His prophets.

...All those who are stubborn and do not repent will perish.  But anyone who bears the yoke of repentance and accepts the troubles without complaint, putting his shoulder to the task, will be purified and become worthy.   

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Excerpts from Or HaRa'ayon, Chapter 24: "Kedusha (Holiness)"... 

...Mitzvot open up for man the way to holiness.  They refine his senses and his soul so that he differentiates between a sin and a mitzvah, between good and evil, between holiness and impurity.  The more holy and pure he becomes, the more refined his senses become; and he begins to distinguish, naturally, between truth and falsehood.

Sin, by contrast, makes him spiritually insensitive.  It roughens his soul and his senses by blunting them.  An impure outer shell forms and seals up his soul.

...As we have said, G-d chose Israel as His special people, treasured, chosen, supreme and holy.  This holiness was given to them both through the Patriarchs' merit and through their own, and their souls were purified of filth at the Sinai Revelation.  Indeed, Israel are pure and holy as a nation.   Even so, it is a mitzvah for every Jew to hallow himself more and more until he achieves the level of having Ruach HaKodesh, Divine inspiration....

THIS is how we "fight" the Evil Regime.  Through our repentance and purification of our souls, we strip Evil of its power and allow the Geulah Shleimah to arrive.