Parashat Chukat - The Secret of the Angels Created from the Letters of the Torah
"And Moshe sent messengers [angels] from Kadesh to the king of Edom..." (Bamidbar 20:14)
"And know that through the spiritual forces, which are created from the letters of the Torah that he innovated, these forces are actual angels... and they punish the wicked, in the aspect of 'For He will command His angels for you... You will tread upon the lion and the viper...'" (Likutey Moharan, Torah 20)
The Rebbe says that through every letter in the Torah, you create angels! And these are actual angels! It is not a semblance of angels, nor an aspect of angels, nor as if they are angels, but actual angels.
The Rebbe says – you should know! From every letter that you utter from your mouth, angels are created, actual angels! And they go and fight and protect the Nation of Israel.
An Army of Angels Protects Us
When you speak words of Torah, you create angels! And these angels go and fight for you! Here there is some trouble, here there is some problem, there is some distress for the Nation of Israel, they go and fight!
From every letter an angel is created, from every letter a person utters from his mouth in holiness and purity, an angel is created! From every utterance, from every word of Torah, angels are created! A vast army of angels!
"Hashem gives the word; the women who bring the tidings are a vast army."
Battalions of angels are created! Tens of thousands of angels! Millions of angels! And these are the angels that accompany us at every moment! These are the angels that walk with us and protect us! As it is written, "For He will command His angels for you, to protect you in all your ways."
And one must believe in this with complete faith!! One must believe that from every letter spoken, an angel is created! And this is called faith in the Sages!!!
Because what is the acronym of G-M-R-A (Gemara)? Gavriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel, that is Gemara! On my right is Michael, on my left is Gavriel, before me is Uriel... You say letters, you create angels! If you said another word, there is the camp of Gavriel! Another word, there is the camp of Michael! More! There is the camp of Raphael, Uriel... You said another word, you added more angels to the camp of Michael, to the camp of Gavriel, Raphael, Uriel; with every word, you create angels.
Faith in the Sages and the Power of the Angels
"And Moshe sent messengers [angels] to the king of Edom... And Edom said to him, 'You shall not pass through me, lest I come out against you with the sword'" - all this is due to the diminishment of holiness, as mentioned above." (Likutey Moharan, Torah 20)
The Rebbe says in Torah 20 that the angels Moshe sent after the sin of the Waters of Meribah were weak angels! Sick angels! Lame, crippled, and blind. The angels that Moshe sent were created after the Nation of Israel sinned at the Waters of Meribah and did not believe in Moshe. Even though these angels were formed from the pure utterances of Israel, their holiness was diminished!
Because when one does not believe in Moshe, when one does not believe in the tzaddik, then the holiness is diminished, and it is impossible to create strong and mighty angels from the letters.
And not like the angels that Yaakov Avinu sent to Esav:
"And Yaakov sent angels before him"
When Yaakov sent angels to Esav, all four hundred of Esav's mighty men fled! The angels reached Esav and started beating him properly! He said to them - Stop! They said to him - Who are you that we should leave you alone? In the merit of whom should we leave you alone? He said to them - I am the son of Yitzchak! It didn't help him, and they continued to beat him! He said to them - I am the grandson of Avraham! That didn't help either!
He said to them, I am the brother of Yaakov! They said to him - If you are the brother of Yaakov, if you are the brother of the tzaddik, then you are one of us! They said to him - Why didn't you say from the beginning that you are the brother of Yaakov? You would have spared yourself all these beatings! If you are the brother of Yaakov! You are our good friend! You even deserve kisses!
Yaakov Avinu succeeded in creating strong angels, mighty angels that took action in the world. A person needs to create such strong angels that will go and take action in the world, such angels that will go and roam the world and accomplish whatever is needed.
The True Weapon: Torah and Prayer in Holiness
Every word in the Torah is an atom bomb! Every word in prayer, in Tehillim, is a missile! It is even more than an atom bomb! If a person utters a letter from his mouth in holiness and purity, then it is even more than an atom bomb! Because every letter in the Torah is an angel! When you said a letter! You brought forth an angel from your mouth! And an angel is stronger than an atom bomb!
Because when you send an atom bomb, who knows if it will hit the target or not, but when you send an angel, it will certainly hit the target! From every letter angels are created, and these angels fight for us, they will fight for us against the wicked! They will fight for us against the terrorists!
"Mashiach will conquer the entire world without firing a single explosive bullet." (Siach Sarfei Kodesh 2-2-67)
Mashiach will conquer the entire world without a war, everything through prayer! Everything through Torah! Now this is the work!! We don't need rifles! We don't need guns! We don't need anything! When there is Torah and there is prayer, we don't need anything! Now we just need to create angels! We need to learn and pray in holiness and purity! We need to guard our eyes!
The more a person guards his eyes, then from every letter he learns and prays, he will create a stronger angel! And this angel will go and fight against the nations, against the terrorists, against the heretics, against the wicked.
And according to the holiness of the person, that is how the angels are created! Everything is according to the holiness! Therefore, all the work now is not to stop learning Torah! Not to stop saying letters! Not to stop creating angels.
A Prayer for the Poor
Please Hashem, Who alone does great wonders, You have revealed to us through Your tzaddik that through each and every letter of learning Torah lishmah in holiness and purity, angels of holiness are created, who drive away all our enemies from before us, in the aspect of "And Yaakov sent angels before him to Esav...".
Please grant us the merit to engage in Your Torah lishmah until You deliver into our hands all the impure and the wicked, and they will no longer be able to harm, neither us nor our offspring forever.