By the World, For the World
Principle #7 – Although the Coming of Moshiach is the purpose of creation, Hashem doesn ’ t want to do it Alone .
By Levi Liberow •
“Who is Moshiach?” is a question that many of us have on our mind. Some questions have more than one answer, and this one isn’t an exception.
One of the sources speaking of Moshiach in the Torah says that “a star will shine from Yaakov.” The Talmud Yerushalmi teaches that this verse refers to all the Jewish people.
But it’s no contradiction. Chassidic works speak of every Jew containing within himself a “spark” of Moshiach’s soul. Moshiach’s function is to redeem the world from exile and the way that happens is by every Jew taking part and being the “Moshiach” of his portion in the world, in the process of readying the world for the Geulah.
No one knows the precise moment when Moshiach will arrive, but we all have a part in making it happen.
Galus and Geulah are opposites in many ways, but ironically, without Galus – Geulah isn’t possible. Geulah isn’t the world without galus, it is the world after Galus. The reality of the Geulah is created through the Divine service of observance of Torah and mitzvos, in <"http://www.beismoshiach.org/process/CreateJournalEntryComment?moduleId=15330986&entryId=36195369">
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Beis Moshiach (staff). "By the World, For the World." Beis Moshiach, no. 1170 (June 21, 2019).