Are My Needs More Real than Yours?



Ever since our wedding over 8 years ago, I almost never missed a week of baking challah, but this time was different than all the rest.


This time, instead of davening for just my close one to find her other half, I davened for another 262 other singles as well.


I was filled with emotion as I read down the list, realizing just how many others are waiting, and knowing that there are thousands more... and that their wait must feel just as real.


And while I prayed that Hashem send every single person their miracle, it made me realize how much simpler it will be for Hashem to just send Moshiach and answer everyone all at once! 

Because even if all my loved ones were to celebrate their miracles today, it would not be enough. 


We are each waiting, praying, and hoping primarily for our own personal Geulah and the personal Geulah of our closest family and friends, but that's only because we each feel our own needs as more real and urgent.


But when we remember that we are all one people with one heart, we realize that our only prayer should be for the complete and true Redemption, because why is my joy more important than anyone else's? And how can our joy ever be complete if even one Jew is left behind? 


May the merit of our Achdus this Shabbos finally bring about the ultimate miracle of Moshiach now! 


לע״נ ר׳ מנחם מאיר בן ר׳ חיים משה יהודה הכהן בלוי



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