The Gerrer Rebbe

The Gerrer Rebbe, as reported by Rabbi Eliezer Brody on his website, which he heard directly from the Rebbe's son.

Rabbi Lazer Brody writes: "Yesterday, I met with Rabbi Shlomo Tzvi Alter - one of the Gerrer Rebbe's sons who, along with his brothers, heard the Rebbe say emphatically before Kiddush, 'Moshiach will come this year, or by the end of next year.

After the Seder, the Rebbe concluded by saying in Yiddish, 'We'll soon discover that the entire Golus was worth eating one little piece of meat', meaning that we have no idea of the value of Moshiach, the rebuilding of the Holy Temple, korbonos, and the spiritual treasures that are in store for us.

When one of his sons asked him to elaborate, the Rebbe refused, saying, 'Ich hob schoin gezugt tzu fil', 'I've already said too much.'"