Lee Diamond – Zionism and Messianism
“אני מאמין באמונה שלמה בביאת המשיח ואף על פי שיתמהמה, עם כל זה אחכה לו.” )רמב״ם(
“I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah and even though he may tarry I will wait for him.”
(Maimonides)
This is one of the principles of faith
Listed by Maimonides
In his 13 principles of faith
Listen to the wording:
“In the coming”
It is in the “coming” of a better Day
That we believe.
Maimonides got it right;
We believe with perfect faith
That there is a better day
Coming!
This has been and is a primary, elementary
Value concept of Judaism
Of all ages!
Some simply believe and wait!
And some toil for this better day!
The “wait ors” are frightened by the “toilers!”
They object and reject
And even In some cases
Join the ranks of those
Who would deny us a future
Those who would say:
“It’s as good as it’s going to get.”
The “toil ors” believe in a better day
For THEY ARE THE ZIONISTS
Yes !!
Zionism is “Toil” ism”
It’s the belief in bringing that better day
For the Jewish People
By perfect faith in total action
It’s a case of “God helps those who help themselves”
The Ari HaKadosh,
Once asked his students
To gather on a hilltop
In Safed
Minutes before Shabbat
To join him on a trip to
Jerusalem
Almost all threw in their lots
But
One student was caught up
With the reality of the moment
And failed that call to action…
…And the moment was lost….
The ARI understood
That toil, that total faith
That believing and acting
For the better day
Could change our future
For he was a Zionist
Long before Herzl
“Nothing stands in the way of will”
Zionism is not a political movement !!!
Zionism is part and parcel
Of Judaism
It is commitment to ACT and not
To WAIT
Zionism is the building of the
State of Jews
And the building of the
Jewish State
The “wait’ ors” have been left behind
Those Of Little Faith
Wither in the past
Those who fail to join
And dismiss Zionism
Miss the joy of Living the
New and better
Jewish Day
in our day!
“If you will it
It’s not a dream
