To a secular Israeli, one need not wait for messiah, one must continue the messiah’s work, and one must not allow the messianic age to lapse. Is that my people have taken such drastic measures?

In reality, the Messiah is waiting for us!” In fact, the first Biblical reference to the Messiah appears in our portion, Vayechi, when Jacob blesses each of his twelve sons.

The disadvantaged and underprivileged classes appear to be waiting for a messiah to channel their growing restlessness and sheer anger into a mass movement.