This is certainly appropriate for all of us Jews living here in the U.S. on Xmas and celebrating Chanukah, or finding some other way to celebrate our Jewishness on this day. That is our Spirit of Moshiach.
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The Talmud tells us that Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet) was asked where Moshiach could be found. Eliyahu's answer was to look for him in the great metropolis of Rome amongst the lepers.
Moshiach represents the eternal unbreakable spirit of the Jewish people. Rome is frequently invoked by the Sages as a metaphor for Christianity. Perhaps Eliyahu was saying that if you want to find the eternal spirit of the Jewish people still going strong, look to those who have endured centuries of being regarded as outsiders by the Christian society in which they live, and still identify themselves as Jews, that is where you will truly find Moshiach.
This is certainly appropriate for all of us Jews living here in the U.S. on Xmas and celebrating Chanukah, or finding some other way to celebrate our Jewishness on this day. That is our Spirit of Moshiach.
This is certainly appropriate for all of us Jews living here in the U.S. on Xmas and celebrating Chanukah, or finding some other way to celebrate our Jewishness on this day. That is our Spirit of Moshiach.
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