Friday Elul 10 5703
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Teitsei, Shishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 55-59. Also 28-30. Tanya: And this is (p. 455)...the sea." (p. 457).

Great elders of the Alter Rebbe's chassidim used to say that Yechidus (private audience with the Rebbe) means: "clear," "designated," "united."

The sources of these three interpretations are in Shekalim 6:2, Yevamot 62a, and Bereishit Raba 20.

This means that the idea of Yechidus is:

To clarify one's own status;

To designate a mode of Avoda for him in "turn(ing) away from evil" and in the acquisition of fine character traits;

And that he should bind himself[1] in total oneness, and utterly dedicate himself[1] with all his desires.

   

Notes:

1. (Back to text) To the Rebbe.