The latest men’s lesson in the “Menorah Community” youth project of the Dnipro Jewish Community, which is actively developing thanks to the efforts of the Zislini family, was dedicated to one of the fundamental themes of the Jewish worldview – faith in the coming of Moshiach.
The session was led by the head of “Beit Chabad Levi Yitzchak,” Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Leib Gurevich, and the meeting united participants around a serious and genuinely frank men’s discussion about the future of the Jewish people, the meaning of awaiting the Geulah (Redemption), and the personal role of each individual in this process.
During the lesson, the men spoke about who Moshiach is and why faith in his coming is one of the foundations of Judaism. Participants analyzed what is stated in the Torah and in the words of Jewish sages about the times of Moshiach, which signs of the approaching Geulah can be seen already in our days, and how everything happening in the world is connected to the spiritual processes discussed in the sources of Jewish wisdom.
Special attention was given to the personal responsibility of every Jew. The conversation had not a detached, but an extremely practical nature; participants discussed which specific actions, decisions, and changes in daily life help bring closer the time of the Geulah. In a dialogue format, frank and tough in a masculine way, they spoke about faith, inner work on oneself, and how to combine lofty ideas with real actions here and now.
“When we speak about Moshiach not as an abstract idea, but as a reality that also depends on our actions, it changes the very approach to life,” noted the head of the “Menorah Community” project, Levi Zislini. “Such lessons help men feel a personal responsibility for the future, strengthen their connection to Torah and tradition, and ultimately strengthen our united and cohesive Dnipro Jewish Community under the leadership of its Chief Rabbi, Shmuel Kaminezki.”
