Do You Really Love Me? – Ahavat Chinam at the Kotel

A news station went out last night to the Kotari, the Western Wall, and they decided to interview the people that were at the Kotel, asking them why hasn't the Messiah arrived? And of course, the same answer kept coming back and forth. We have to strengthen ourselves in loving each other because we love each other. Not because we look like each other. Not because we practice the same customs. Not because we always think alike. No, because we love each other. Because we're all part of the same nation. Until they got to the last person. And the last person they asked was an Ethiopian Jew. And he said to them and shocked them when they asked him, "Why hasn't the Mashiach come and this young Ethiopian Jew looks at them and says, "Do you love me?" Of course, the the what is a journalist going to say, "No, I don't love you because you look differently than me." No, no, of course we love you. And then all of a sudden, other people SAY, "AH, WE ALL LOVE YOU." BUT THEN IN REALITY, he says, "You don't really love me." What? I look differently than you. I look different than you and we know all the racism and all the prejudice that's out there. So how do you expect the Msiah to come? People say, "Yeah, but there are some that are marrying and some that are marrying." Yeah. What if your daughter brings home someone that's not what's already become acceptable, but something that's unacceptable in your eyes? Someone that's the opposite of the color complexion that you have, the opposite of the customs you have, still fears Hashem, FOLLOWS THE TORAH, BUT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU. Will you start DOING WHY HAS this happened to me? Would you say, I could assure you that well many people ARE SAYING NO, NO, I'LL ACCEPT IT. Most people won't. Why? Because the betas hasn't been built.