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“Moshiach’s feast”

On the last day of Passover, Chassidim are accustomed to make a festive meal that includes matzos and 4 cups of wine. This meal is referred to as “Moshiach’s feast”. This custom was initiated by the Baal Shem Tov, and over the years has gained momentum in popularity, accepted throughout the Diaspora.
At the conclusion of the Passover holiday, (the holiday of liberation from the Egyptian bondage), which in itself is the first redemption, we pray to G-d and request and even demand of Him that the imminent redemption should already be, literally, now!

The last meal of Passover, “Moshiach’s feast”, was referred to as such by the Baal Shem Tov, because then shines “the light of Moshiach”.

About to be presented is a collection of talks (sichot) given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe when he was in the midst of “Moshiach’s feast”.

	Who inaugurated? Who added? Who publicized?
	An explanation about what “Moshiach’s feast” is all about and how it came into being until our generation.
	“By way of introduction, “Moshiach’s feast” was revealed and publicized to all…”
	[ For further reference click: התוועדויות שנת תשמ"ו כרך ג' עמוד 132]

	The seventh day of Passover and Moshiach
	The seventh day of Passover shares a special bond with the imminent redemption, and consequently was chosen as the day to make “Moshiach’s feast”.
	“Every year when we reencounter the seventh day of Passover, one has to picture in his/her mind and really feel that the song of praise to G-d that will be sung in the imminent future isn’t just a simple and ordinary event. Instead, it should be that now, he/she will sing the song to be sung in the future…”
	[ For further reference click: לקוטי שיחות כרך ז' עמוד 272]

	From redemption to redemption – the last day of Passover and Moshiach’s feast
	Additional information why we make Moshiach’s feast on the last day of Passover
	“Upon our exodus from Egypt the concept of redemption came into being, and only then was the pipeline to the future redemption opened up…”
	[ For further reference click: לקוטי שיחות כרך ד' עמוד 1298]

	The four cups of redemption
	The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rashab, initiated the practice that we have four cups of wine during Moshiach’s feast. The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains the essential reason for this practice.
	“The four cups of wine drunk during the seder allude to the four names representing the redemption from Egypt. The four cups of wine drunk during Moshiach’s feast on the last day of Passover allude to the names representing the future redemption.
	[ For further reference click: התוועדויות שנת תשמ"ט כרך ג' עמוד 59]

	Men, women and children!!!
	The practice of participating and being part of Moshiach’s feast applies to everyone, with particular emphasis on the physical food that we eat then.
	“A glimmer of light of the future redemption shines on the last day of Passover, penetrating the physical plane, and the Jewish body when he/she participates in Moshiach’s feast…”
	[ For further reference click: התוועדויות שנת תשמ"ח כרך ג' עמוד 142]

	Also for women and girls!!!
	A Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe to a father whose girls disappeared in the middle of the farbrengen (Chassidic get together) on the last day of Passover.
	“…In regards to his daughters, may they live, and the reason why they didn’t participate in the farbrengen on the last day of Passover…”
	[ For further reference click: אגרות קודש כרך י"ח עמוד 347]

	A Chassidic discourse beginning with the words, “And G-d confiscated…”
	This Chassidic discourse was delivered by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the last day of Passover in the year 5749 (1989). It’s a short Chassidic discourse on the day we left Egypt, the future redemption, and Moshiach’s feast.
	“Every Jew has the strength to go from the parting of the Red Sea and right away to the future redemption, without a hindrance what so ever, not even the blink of an eye…”
	[ For further reference click: מאמרים ספר המאמרים מלוקט כרך ג' עמוד 127]

	“The end of the exile in the year 5666 (1906)”.
	The Rashab initiated the practice of drinking the four cups of wine on the last day of Passover in the year 5666 (1906). The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that it had to do with the end of the exile in that year. About to be presented is a Chassidic discourse that was initially delivered to a very select few in the year 5663 (1903), and in the middle, the Rashab says that the end of the exile in the year 5666 (1906).
	“To understand an already known question, If the Baal Shem Tov’s doctrine is true, then why wasn’t it revealed earlier?”
	[ For further reference click: מאמרי אדמו"ר הרש"ב מאמרים תרמ"ג-תרמ"ד עמוד 251]