Parsha:

Pinchas 

Collections: R' Pearl Insights from the Lubavitcher Rebbe

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Eliyahu is the harbinger of the Messianic Era Since he, unlike Moshe, refined his physical body to the extent that his body did not need to be buried, but rather "rose in a whirlwind up to the heavens". The Rebbe explains that Eliyahu, therefore, symbolizes what the Messianic era is: a time in which alienation between the physical and spiritual ceases, and the physical becomes uplifted. The Rebbe goes on to explain that Pinchas (who Chazal tell us is Eliyahu) opened up a Messianic opening in time, and as time progresses Messianic openings appear, but if we fail to take them, they close. Likkutei Sichos Chelek Beis Pinchas Hosafos 2 Yiddish English