Vehayamide Hodesh Vaera 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vaera 1983 (5743), which was also Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon of the month of Shevat, as Shabbat Va'era this year. The Haftora from Isaiah ch.66 ends with the idea that after the Redemption, every Shabbat and Rosh Chodesh people will go to Jerusalem to the Temple. This contrasts with the pilgrimage to the Temple just three times a year in former times. The discourse considers the spiritual meaning of such visits to the Temple, the difference between Shabbat and a festival, and the transformation which will take place in the future.