Tomorrow in Jerusalem - Tales from the Past

The men drawing water for the special matzah baked right before Passover, wished each other well: "L'shanah haba'ah biyrushalayim, Next year in Jerusalem."

Rabbi Shalom of Belz heard them talking and exclaimed: "Why should we wait a whole year till next year? Moshiach can come to redeem us immediately, and we'll bake matzah tomorrow afternoon in Jerusalem with this very water, and eat our matzah in Jerusalem!"

By Shoshannah Brombacher

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