TzionBamishpat a 5735

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 July 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975 in the week of Sedra Devarim. This is the Shabbat before the Fast of Ninth of Ab, and the Haftorah beginning with the words 'The Vision of Isaiah' concludes with the phrase 'Zion will be redeemed through Justice, and its captives [will be redeemed] through Tzedaka'. The discourse explores the concept of 'Zion' and 'its captives' and presents the idea that this polarity extends through all aspoects of life. Zion is that aspect which is beyond captivity, which is always free, yet it might be hidden; 'its captives' are those aspects of being which can be casptured and subjugated. Zion is revealed through Torah, while the captives are redeemed through charity.