If Israel's "lights" walk in darkness, how can it be that we are close to the Redemption? Seeing the troubles that threaten Am Yisrael, and the world, how is it that the Light is close?
The rise of Malchut towards Keter has started covertly, in darkness, as I have explained with the help of Heaven. Just before the light breaks, the darkness increases. This is the secret of Nesira.
The prophet Yeshayahu (9:1) said: "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." Know that the darkness must be.
