LIVING WITH MOSHIACH #2518

In memory of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok ben R' Zalman Yuda Deitsch OBM

Our rabbis, of blessed memory, envisioned the end of our Exile as a period in which the Jewish people would have to endure many troubles and sorrows, a time referred to as "the birth-pangs of the Moshiach." That is why, in our daily prayers we entreat G-d "that our eyes should see Your return to Zion with mercy." We long for the time when our own eyes will witness the return to Zion, but we ask G-d to make it come about in a merciful way, one in which we will be able to withstand the pre-Messianic tribulations.