Uvashana Hahamishit (5725)

This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim (Diaspora), 5725 (1965). The law of Orlah describes a fruit tree whose produce passes through stages of forbidden, holy, and finally ordinary mundane status in the fifth year. The discourse explores the spiritual meaning of this movement from sacred to mundane, revealing how true holiness must ultimately permeate and transform the everyday world rather than remain separate from it.