9 Cheshvan: Waiting Means Doing

WAITING MEANS DOING We await your salvation the entire day... (Liturgy, Amidah; Bereishis 49:18) Awaiting Moshiach does not mean to simply sit around without doing anything. Human nature is that when we anxiously await something, we are constantly busy doing what we can to prepare and to make it happen sooner. So too, if we are anxiously awaiting Moshiach, we must be busy doing whatever we can to hasten the Redemption. Hisvaaduyos 5746, vol. 2, pg. 316