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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



24 Dec 2009

Awaiting Mashiach

Waiting for Mashiach, anticipating his coming, is not simply a virtue but a religious obligation.
...Rambam thus rules that whoever does not believe in and whoever does not await (eagerly looking forward to) the coming of Mashiach, in effect denies the whole Torah, all the prophets beginning with Moses. In the popular formulation of his thirteen Principles of the Faith (the hymn of Ani Ma’amin) this is put as follows:
“I believe with complete faith in the coming of Mashiach. Though he tarry, nonetheless I await him every day, that he will come.”

..In view of this legal obligation to await Mashiach, therefore, one of the first questions an individual is asked on the Day of Divine Judgment is “Tzipita liyeshu’ah did you look forward to salvation?”
http://mobile.chabad.org/m/article_cdo/aid/100903

Yesterday morning I walked into a kosher supermarket in my neighborhood and felt an immediate lift when I heard a lively tune playing in the background. Listening to the words, I realized the lyrics were about the Mashiach - behold he comes. It gave me a moment's pause in the midst of my mundane activities to concentrate on the words and actually think about Mashiach's arrival.
Later in the day, I found the song on YouTube and resolved to post it. Why not listen to it and take a moment to anticipate the auspicious day? May we be zochech to the redemption bimhera beyamenu.

Kol dodi kol dodi hine ze bo
ze melech hamashiach
kol dodi hine ze bo ze melech hamashiach
kol dodi hine ze bo ze melech hamashiach
Kol dodi hine ze bo ze melech hamashiach
kol dodi hine ze bokol hator nishma beartseinu
ze kolo shel melech hamashiah
kol hator nishma beartseinu
ze kolo shel melech hamashiah


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