What is the role of a Rebbe in this context? If such comparison
be permissible, it would seem to be that of a "chief street-
lamplighter." Every Jew has the "soul of man that is a lamp of
G-d," though there are some among them that wait until it be lit
for them. That is the function of the nesi'ey Yisrael (the
leaders of Israel; the Rebbes): to light the Divine lamp in
every Jew. Just as in the menorah there are seven different
branches, so, too, there are seven different groups of Jews,
each with its own peculiar traits, needs and approach. The
Rebbe's role is to light them all. In a similar, though
differently worded way, the Rebbe once answered a group of
students that had asked him this very question: The Jewish
people are referred as eretz cheifetz (a land of delight; or a
land of treasure; Malachi 3:12). In the earth lie concealed many
treasures, but they are not visible on the surface and one must
dig deeply in order to find them. However, not everyone knows
the right places where to dig for them. Some