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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
25 Elul 5786
The Alter Rebbe related: When I was in Mezritch I heard from my Rebbe, the Maggid, in the name of the Baal Shem Tov: The seventh month (Tishrei), first of the months of the year,[1] is blessed by G‑d Himself, on Shabbat mevarchim - last Shabbat in the month of Elul.[2] With this power[3] Israel blesses the other months eleven times a year.
It is written, Atem nitzavim hayom, "You stand this day."[4] This day refers to Rosh Hashana which is the day of Judgment (as it is written, "The day came,"[5] which Targum renders, the day of the great judgment came). Yet you remain standing firmly upright (nitzavim), meaning - you will be vindicated in judgment.[6]
On the Shabbat preceding Rosh Hashana, the last Shabbat in Elul, we read the parsha of Atem nitzavim, which is G‑d's blessing[7] on the Shabbat-of-blessing the seventh month (Shabbat mevarchim). That seventh month (Tishrei) is itself sated[8] - and in turn satiates all Israel - with an abundance of good for the duration of the (coming) year."
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
While Tishrei is the seventh month of the Festival Calendar (which begins with Nissan), it is the first month of the Annual Calendar, marking the years since Creation. See Likutei Sichos Vol. 4, p. 1139, footnote 2.
The month of Tishrei is not blessed by the congregants in shul on the Shabbat preceding it, unlike all other months of the year.
I.e. with the power of G‑d's blessing of the seventh month - Tishrei.
Devarim 29:9.
Iyov 2:1.
This assurance of vindication in the upcoming Rosh Hashana judgment - contained in the opening words of Nitzavim - is G‑d's blessing of Tishrei - embodied in the Torah-reading.
See footnote 6.
The word sheva (seven), may alternately be rendered sova (sated).
Footnotes
אדמו"ר [אדוננו מורנו ורבינו] הזקן סיפר: בהיותי במעזריטש שמעתי ממורי ורבי הה"מ [הרב המגיד] בשם מורו רבו הבעש"ט [הבעל שם טוב] נ"ע [נשמתו עדן]: החדש השביעי שהוא החדש הראשון לחדשי השנה, הקב"ה [הקדוש ברוך הוא] בעצמו מברכו בשבת מברכים שהוא השבת האחרון דחדש אלול, ובכח זה ישראל מברכים את החדשים י"א פעמים בשנה, כתיב אתם נצבים היום, דהיום קאי על ראש השנה שהוא יום הדין, וכמ"ש [וכמו שכתוב] ויהי היום גו' ותרגם והוה יום דינא רבא, ואתם נצבים קיימים ועומדים, והיינו שזוכים בדין, ובשבת שלפני ר"ה [ראש השנה] שהוא שבת האחרון דחדש אלול קוראין אז פרשת אתם נצבים, דזהו ברכתו של הקב"ה [הקדוש ברוך הוא], בשבת מברכים חדש השביעי שהוא המשובע והמשביע ברוב טוב לכל ישראל על כל השנה.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.