Tzipita Liyeshua

The Gemara in Shabbos 31A mentions that when we leave this world and are judged before God we are asked a number of questions. The fourth question we are asked is "Tsipita Liyeshuah"? or "Did you long for redemption". The concept of redemption and why believing in the forthcoming redemption is one of the tenets of the Jewish faith is a major issue that has to be addressed. The question here is, even if that question is resolved why is it so important to long for redemption that it is one of the first questions man is asked when his time for judgement comes forth? If his life was fine or he made do with little or he learned much Torah does he necessarily have to long for redemption to the extent that if he doesn't he will almost certainly fail at time of judgement?

The answer is emphatically YES. One cannot go through this life on this earth here and see the "Sheker" that exists all around him within his family, his community, his city, his country, and universally and remain unperturbed without a deep seated yearning and longing for change, drastic change. This situation cannot be permanent. God cannot create this kind of world and allow it to go on forever. The Sheker is too strong. Bad wins over good constantly. Power and money permeate everything including everything that is dear to us. Religion and God and Nationalism and Torah and Chesed are all corrupted to the point where one who sees the truth for what it should be cannot believe that those concepts are even Godly concepts. The cry of GOD SAVE THIS WORLD! must erupt from the soul of every man that has a modicum of decency within him.

If a person does not go through life with an attitude of "Tsipisah Liyeshua" he is not a person that can possibly gain access to the next world, he is a person so steeped in this world and its inherent "Sheker" that he will be denied access to the "Olam Hae'emes" even before his worldy deeds are dissected.