RABBI SHLOMO CARLEBACH ON Parshat Va’eira

You know my darling friends, when we read about leaving Mitzrayim the first thing G-d says is 'Vehotzeiti Etchem Mitachat Sivlos Mitzrayim', I will take you out from being able to stand Egypt. Sivlos Mitzrayim, Lisbol means to be able to put up with, to tolerate. You see, the first thing about redemption, to get out of exile is that you have to stop liking the exile. Imagine I am in exile but I like it in exile, then nobody can take me out. At one time I told a woman about the holiness and beauty of Yerushalayim, she said to me listen, I'll tell you the truth, I like the Bronx. So what can you do with her? The Messiah will come and give her a free ticket to Israel but she likes the Bronx. She will never move, there is nothing you can do. Do you know what the saddest thing in the world is?