ב”ה

The Garden

In his inaugural address on the 10th of Shvat, 5751 (January 17th, 1951) whereupon the Rebbe formally accepted the leadership of Chabad Lubavitch, he delivered an original Maamer, a Chassidic Mystical discourse. Entitled “Basi L’gani” - I’ve Come to My Garden, it was based on a verse from the Song of Songs in which the Divine Presence is described as returning to “the garden” an euphemism for Earth, from
where it was banished after the sin of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, and further banished by six sinful generations.
Abraham began the process of returning the Divine Presence to Earth, and his efforts were consummated seven generations later by Moses who built the Sanctuary, an earthly abode for G-d.

The Rebbe, the seventh leader in the dynasty of Chabad Rebbes, presented the agenda of our generation as completing the mission undertaken by his six predecessors; to disseminate the “wellsprings of Torah” as elucidated through Chabad philosophy, and thus prepare the world for its ultimate redemption, thereby effectuating the permanent return of the Shechinah back to the garden.

DEDICATED BY DOVID AND MALKIE SMETANA