Restoring the Wounded


An ancient story from the Talmud offers an answer to the question, “Where will I find the Messiah?” A Rabbi asked Elijah, “When will the Messiah come?”Elijah replied, “Go and ask him yourself.”“Where is he?”“Sitting at the gates of the city.”“How shall I know him?”“He is sitting among the poor covered with wounds.  The others unbind all their wounds at the same time and then bind them up again.  But he unbinds one at a time and binds it up again, saying to himself, “Perhaps I … [Read more...]