"Rebbe, the Shechinah is waiting, Klal Yisrael is waiting, the entire creation is waiting!”
Why is Mashiach being delayed?
Conducting a tish at which a few great rabbanim were in attendance, the Apter Rav announced, “I can bring Mashiach right now. But if I do so, there will be a few neshamos who will be lost forever.”
“Rebbe, the Shechinah is waiting, Klal Yisrael is waiting, the entire creation is waiting!” A rav sitting there exclaimed. “For a few neshamos everybody has to wait?”
“Perhaps you are one of the neshamos that will be lost?” the Apter Rav countered,
The rav immediately fell silent.
We cannot force Mashiach, to come because there can be no neshamos left behind. (That’s why it’s forbidden for a person to sit in a chair and announce, “I will not get up until Mashiach comes.”) To us, it seems impossible that every neshamah can have a tikkun in time for an imminent arrival of Mashiach, but Hashem can do anything.
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