Which Connection Are We Missing?

Do we even feel that we are in galus (exile)? Such is the question I saw posed by a certain person today, who lamented that various Jews enjoy the luxuries of their lifestyle and do not genuinely mourn the absence of Mashiach. He bemoaned that they’re just not connected to our nation’s real situation.

Similarly, former Sephardic Rishon LeTziyon Rav Yitzhak Yosef recently expressed horror at how some US restaurants hire yeshiva students to make siyumim during the Nine Days, so that they can serve ...