The Announcement Of The Redemption
All of the signs mentioned by our sages indicate that we are currently situated at the very end of the period of exile. We have "passed all the deadlines."
We have also performed Teshuvah [repentance, return, a prerequisite for Redemption]. Indeed, my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation, declared (several decades ago) that we have already concluded all the service [necessary for Redemption], including the "polishing of the buttons,"
and we now stand ready ("All of you stand ready") to greet our righteous Moshiach.
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Despite the difficult and protracted final exile, which has lasted more than 1,900 years (in stark contrast to the duration of the Egyptian bondage which lasted 210 years), the nature of "the Children of Israel" has essentially transcended exile. Thus, every additional moment we remain in exile is a form "having now come into Egypt,"
"as if they had that very day entered into Egypt."
The Jewish people, therefore, stand with firm faith and conviction that G-d will immediately fulfill his promise that "I have indeed remembered you"
by bringing the genuine and complete Redemption, especially when hearing from the Moses of our generation,
my sainted father-in-law, the leader of our generation,
- Sanhedrin97b.
- Talk of Simchas Torah, 5689.
- Cf. Hayom Yom, among others, 15 Teves.
- Shemos1:1.
- Shemos Rabbah, beginning of our Parsha (8:14), Tanchuma, loc. cit. 3.
- Shemos3:16.
- See Bereishis Rabbah56:7: "There is no generation in which there is none like Moses." See also Zohar3:273a. Tikkunei Zohar69 (112, beginning of side a. 114, beginning of side a). Tanyachapter 44. Ibid. Iggeres HaKodesh, elucidation of sec. 27, end.
