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The Rebbe lived for two more years after returning from Lemberg. During these last years, he constantly spoke of faith. As we understood him, everything he said was meant to bring true faith into every Jewish heart.

Many times the Rebbe would remind us of the great favor that Moses for did us by beginning the Torah with the simple words, “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1) . He revealed our faith without any sophistication or philosophy (see note 120, p. XX) .

The Rebbe denigrated all philosophical works, ridiculing them in every possible way. He made it clear to us that the authors of such works knew absolutely nothing. Speaking at length about this, he revealed many wise sayings containing awesome, wondrous truths. Every word was sweeter than honey and the honeycomb (Psalms 19:11) , entering the depths of all our hearts.

We have already written about this at length. Some has been published, but it is not even a thousandth of what he said. The way he spoke is also impossible to describe. The words were both sweet and awesome, coming from his lips with holiness, purity, trembling and awe. People could speak to the Rebbe of the most mundane affairs and they would bear witness that his words contained grace in the world.

During the last two years of his life after he returned from Lemberg, he constantly dwelt on faith. We could see that his every word, both holy and mundane, was only spoken to bring faith into the world. It is written, “All your commandments are faith” (Psalms., 119:86) . This is the foundation of the entire Torah and its commandments.