This discourse begins with an unequivocal declaration, it speaks to one who finds pleasure in the material world, yet struggles to find spirituality in his or her life.
This discourse revolutionizes the age-old notion of Monotheism, i.e., that there is no other god besides him. Culling from the Talmudic and Midrashic sources , the discourse makes the case that not only is there no other god besides him, there is nothing besides him-literally. The only thing that truly exists is G-d.
Said by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak at the close of his 1930 visit to Chicago, this discourse explores the concept of Divine Unity as expressed in the first verse of "Shema". The discourse maintains that it is a G-dly force that perpetually sustains all of creation. As such, G-d is one with creation. And it is our study of Torah and performance of the mitzvot that reveals this essential oneness.
Elaborating how specifically during this last exile, with the overwhelming darkness that precedes Mashiach, that we have the power needed to not succumb to challenges.
