PERSPECTIVES → SECOND THOUGHTS Issue 798 · February 12, 2020

The Mashiach at the Gates: A Fable for Today

Our Redemption will take place only when there is unity within Klal Yisrael

The Mashiach at the Gates: A Fable for Today

 

There were seven gates in the “azarah of the Beis Hamikdash….” (Middos 1:4)

Once upon a time, in the year 5780, after millennia of Jewish praying and yearning, the Mashiach finally arrived at the gates of Jerusalem.

He tried to enter through the first gate, but the gatekeeper, who was wearing a kippah serugah, seeing that the gentleman who claimed he was the Mashiach was not wearing a kippah serugah, doubted his authenticity and concluded that he must be a false Mashiach. The gatekeeper denied him admission.

The Mashiach tried a second gate, but the gatekeeper, who was wearing a black hat with a three-inch brim, seeing that the gentleman who claimed he was the Mashiach was not wearing a black hat with a three-inch brim, doubted his authenticity and concluded that he must be a false Mashiach. The gatekeeper denied him admission.

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