Our primary work is to rebuild our connection with the Ribbono shel Olam! We must inculcate it into our children, and we must speak of it often and live with it: The Ribbono shel Olam is waiting for us. He wants Yidden who desire to be close to him—Yidden who abhor honor and money, and who want the Ribbono shel Olam Himself.
Sadly, when Yidden forgot the real Yerushalayim, they fell prey to the worst aveiros. This was the greatest indication that they had ceased searching for Hashem. And that was when the Ribbono shel Olam said: “If so, we don’t need a Beis HaMikdash. We don’t need Yerushalayim. Such a Yid can reside in chutz l’Aretz as well.”
I won’t destroy Klal Yisrael, says Hashem. But if this is the Yiddishkeit you want, you can’t do it in the Beis HaMikdash. Here, you can only live a Shir HaShirim type of life—and if you don’t want this, you will need to leave Yerushalayim and live a chutz l’Aretz life.
But for how long will we remain in galus?! How long will it take for us to get the hint?! Let us recognize the truth—that the Ribbono shel Olam wants us to live with closeness to Him!
