The Light of Moshiach | Rabbi Zev Smith

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I was talking with someone who was struggling with a very difficult challenge, and he blurted out, But why does it have to be so hard? And I certainly empathize with him, because I heard from a great man, who said, The Nisyonos that we face today in Kedushah are unparalleled in history. Perhaps to pose an old question that needs a new answer, Why is this night different? Night always symbolizes exile, darkness. Was there ever an exile that it's so easy to learn and to serve Hashem, when the government protects our lives and our rights to practice religion? Every exile was a different form of “standing up against us to destroy us.” What's the mission of our exile, this final generation? But anybody who has open eyes and an open heart realizes the answer is so simple. We all have perhaps the most challenging Nisayon, to live “and you shall be holy”, to live as holy people, menschlech, heilig, in a world that's gone insane. We have to be the little bit of light that pushes away a lot of darkness. Or maybe, to put it more specifically,

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1. 0:06I was talking with someone who was struggling with a very difficult challenge, and he blurted…
2. 0:39Every exile was a different form of “standing up against us to destroy us.” What's the…
3. 1:10we have to be that light that is igniting the light of the Melech Hamoshiach. The…
4. 1:42that when a person overcomes a temptation in Kedushah, there is a visible light on his…
5. 2:12That's the purpose, that's the mission of our final generation. There’s a famous Medrash, the Yalkut,…
6. 2:42You ask the average person: Nu, do you believe in Moshiach? Of course. Do you believe…
7. 3:12your struggle in a world of such darkness. See My light as it shines. And when…

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