One Day...

It is said that one day the Maggid decided that the signed the time had come to bring man’s exiled to an end. The decision caused alarm in heaven. He was asked: “Who do you think you are to dare tampering with the celestial order?” ---

“I am the Tzaddik hador, this generation’s Just Man,” he replied – “You?  Prove it.”  -- “Very well, my disciples will furnish you proof.”

Gathered hurriedly, they were asked point blank: “Am I or am I not this generation’s Just Man?” Thunder-struck, the disciples remained silent.  The Maggid repeated his question; nobody said a word.  He tried a third time and again was met by silence, always the same silence. It was a strange refusal, one that has remained unexplained to this day.  One wonders why these blindly devoted men refused, at the critical moment, to support their Master.  What is known is that, contrary to his predecessor, he never tried again.  It is written that the Messiah still had to stay with the angels for a long time to come.  Man would have to wait.  –Elie Wiesel

One day we will learn to speak and stand up for what is right and true.