WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE GEULAH (REDEMPTION) ARRIVES?

BS"D Okay – Our rabbis tell us this is what is going to happen during the time of Geulah. We are all going to be soooo proud to be Yidden – did you know once Geulah arrives no one is going to be allowed to convert to Judaism? It will be too late. So sad, you missed your chance. If you didn’t think of it before, HaShem is not going to let you choose to be Jewish once the Geulah has officially arrived - not now when finally the whole world recognizes that the Yidden actually ARE HaShem’s chosen ones.

So, what about today – what about right now? That will be the difference when Geulah comes – we will know that HaShem is in front of us, so we won’t have to be worried about what anybody is thinking about us –we will want to be that shining example of saying that blessing slowly, clearly, loud enough for everyone to hear! A light unto all the nations – that is what the Yidden are supposed to be. When Geulah arrives we will be.

What does it mean when we say the Redemption, the Geulah, is almost here? Of course, we know the usual things we have been told – that there will be peace throughout the entire world; the lion will lie down with the lamb; everyone with illness – physical, psychological or spiritual - will be healed; there will be no more yatzer hora - the evil inclination; the neshamos - souls, of those that have passed on will come back to this world; the third and final Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, will be rebuilt; the Shofar – Ram’s horn will be heard throughout the entire world announcing the Geulah - may it all happen immediately…

But, what will it really mean in our every day, day to day, lives? The Lubavitcher Rebbe, says that the Geulah has already begun – just open up your eyes, and you will see it right in front of you. We learn that when the Geulah will arrive, we will all be “HaShem Aware”. Everyone will know that HaShem is right in front of us, and that our only desire will be to do what HaShem wants us to do on a daily basis. So, what could it mean that the Geulah has already begun?

Although we do not have true world peace yet, the miracles that have happened over this past generation had far surpassed many of our wildest dreams. We can see that HaShem is opening the doors – the falling of the Berlin Wall and the former Soviet Union; Jews from all walks of life, coming back to embrace Torah values and teachings, taking on the 613 commandments that HaShem gave us in our Holy Torah. Yiddishkeit reaching all four corners of the earth – outreach on all levels through various organizations as Chabad, Aish HaTorah, Ohr Sameach, to name just a few. Teaching of the Seven Mitzvahs B’nai Noach – the Noahide Laws – the 7 commandments that all the other nations of the world must keep in order to bring about the Redemption. People of all races and religions embracing the idea of a Higher Power – a supernal being that is all powerful, all knowing, all loving – through the teachings of the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of “Alcoholics Anonymous” studied in the various addiction recovery fellowships.

And although all illness has not yet been cured, again, the breakthroughs that have been discovered in this past generation have far surpassed anything that we could have ever imagined. As well, technology, modes of communication, cell phones, faxes, computers – the list is endless – embodies the idea that the entire world could hear the sound of the Shofar at the same time – once only a dream that today can in fact be a reality…