The story is told of a monastery governed by a wise and virtuous abbot who presided over a small group of monks. As the years passed, the number of monks declined as each aged and passed away, while fewer young men joined the order. Finally, only a handful of brothers remained and the abbot was deeply troubled. One morning he left the abbey to visit a renowned hermit, a rabbi, to seek his counsel on how to restore the order. The rabbi told him: “I cannot answer your question. I can only tell you that one of you is the messiah.”
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