Ever year I try learning through the 'final' sichos of 5752. Bo...22 Shevat... Mishpatim...Teruma...Vayakhel-Pekudai.
I can't help but think the following:
Back then, it was only a matter of when. Each day of 1991-1992 was lived with excitement. Hinei Hinei Moshiach Bo...
Now, it's 15 years later. We still can learn the same Sichos. But do we still wake up in the morning expecting today to be the day? It it still with the same certainty and imminence as back then?
Here is a story I loved the moment I heard it first...
There was a Shliach in Canada who (like many Shluchim) would travel almost weekly to Crown Heights in 1991-1992. After returning from NY, he was stopped by his new neighbor who just moved into the area. His neighbor was totally Fry but had a soft spot for Lubavitch as he spent one summer in CGI Detroit. The conversation between them then started off as follows.
"Where are you coming from"
"Crown Heights. I spent this Shabbos with the Rebbe."
"Well, what was the highlight of the weekend?"
"The Farbrengin with the Rebbe"
"What did the Rebbe speak about"
"The Rebbe said that Moshiach is about to come any day..."
At this point the neighbor became very serious, almost frantic
"Any Day? Did he specify any sort of time frame?
"No. The Rebbe just said he is about to come."
"Oh My gosh. That means he could come today. Well, I just bought this house and dont have any Mezuzos. Basically, Moshiach could come today, and will find me in a house without Mezuzos. That would be horrible! I'm not going to allow this to happen!
The Shliach then told him he could have Mezuzos sent to him within the next week. The neighbor refused. Next week was 7 days too late. Overnight them. I dont care the cost. I just want them ASAP.
And that it is exactly what happened.
The Neighbor receieved his Mezuzos. But it was the Shliach who really gained from this experience. It took his Fry neighbor for him to really understand the meaning of "living Moshiach..."
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3 comments:
walla
whatta story
we really seem to be either sleeping or totaly not acknowloging what the Rebbe was burning about. so many kids today think the whole moshiach thing is just from some crazy fanatics and when they watch videos of the Rebbe, where the Rebbe is koching in Moshiach, or learn a source where you see the Rebbe's urgency and cry for Moshiach, they are so shocked and surprised that the REBBE is so into Moshaich! that's terrible! our whole koch only came bec. of the Rebbe! in some schools it's not learned at all, and in other's its learned in a very cool, intelectual way, not in a way that makes you want to do anything, like the guy in the story, to be ready and to bring Moshiach.
wow, what a story...but oy, are we sleeping!
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