The trials that befall us in our generation are only intensifying day by day. The righteous Rav Ofer Erez shlit"a, in his lesson on Torah 33 in Likutei Moharan, reveals the "strongest advice" to strengthen and safely overcome all the spiritual and physical trials that attack each and every one. These are his holy words.

"In our generations, called 'Ikveta d'Meshicha', the Sages, Tannaim, and Amoraim explicitly said: 'Let him come, but I will not see him', let the Mashiach come and I do not want to be in the trials of these generations. The Sages saw with divine inspiration what difficult trials are going to be in our generation - such as never existed before."

"On one hand, the Gemara says that the smallest of the Tannaim could revive the dead, on the other hand, the Tanna says: no problem, I am willing to revive the dead, but to come in this generation I am not willing - 'Let him come, but I will not see him', let the Mashiach come and I will not see him, due to the great fear the Tannaim had of the trials of this generation."

"Because there is an intensification of the days of evil in Ikveta d'Meshicha, an intensification of trials that according to the words of the Sages and tzaddikim of the generations, we do not know this, but in our generation, it is harder than all generations. There has never been such a generation with such difficulties, therefore we cannot stand in these trials alone."

"The battle in this world is too difficult, we cannot stand it, the strongest way to cope, especially in our generation - is the connection with the tzaddikim."

"Even in previous generations, there was the point of connection with the tzaddikim, but not in the revelation, scope, and necessity as it is in our generation, because a person cannot stand alone today in the battle against the evil inclination."

I heard from Rav Berland who said: "A person also does not know what the day will bring, meaning, every day we awaken, we say this in prayer: 'He renews daily, constantly, the act of creation', and the clarification of this - every morning we receive a note that says what evil inclination we will have that day. And a person does not know what note he will receive tomorrow morning. And each time new trials awaken, and a person does not know what the day will bring, therefore fortunate is the person who is always fearful, because a person does not know what evil inclination he will receive in the morning."

And this matter in Ikveta d'Meshicha is very difficult and powerful. The Baal Shem Tov began to reveal this in the world, and all his students followed this path - especially our Rebbe. They revealed the essential and fundamental point - 'the connection with the tzaddikim'. What power we receive through this.

"Therefore, our Rebbe says that through the Torah and the connection with the tzaddikim, we receive the strength to reveal the good in the days of evil."