Redemption is Near

There is no way that anyone can view the return of the Jewish people to Eretz Yisrael, and the spreading of Jewish settlement throughout the Land, without feeling the imminence of Redemption. True, the Redemption is not yet a fact, and Jews in Eretz Yisrael have constant reminders that they too remain in Exile.

Yet, the fact that after 2,000 years, there are millions of Jews in Eretz Yisrael, that the deserts are blossoming and ancient cities are being rebuilt, that children laugh in the streets of Jerusalem, is a miracle made possible only because the time for Redemption is near.

Adapted from Eternal Land, Eternal Hope; reprinted with perm. from Sichos in English