441 years, Truth and the Arizal and the common man. (5773/2013).

5 Menachem Av, the yahrtezit of the ArizaL HaChai, this year we complete 441 years (EMES) since his passing. What does he mean to us? There is a mistake in this class. In the class Rabbi Paltiel mentions the Arizal’s passing as being in the year 5333 when in fact he passed away a year earlier, so this year is not the beginning of year 441, but the completion of 441 years since the Arizal’s passing. We are including a letter from the Rebbe from 5732 where the Rebbe references the (then) 400th anniversary of his passing.