2000 years? sounds like the waiting time for my tune up at the mechanic the other day.
Yeah, though, I can see where you are coming from. Just imagine the thoughts of Abba Bar Poppa 1000 years ago, somewhere in the Rhineland, weeping over the destruction of his community by an angry mob as he trudged out of the town that just expelled him, stole his property and abused his family. I can just imagine him saying “If this is what I’ve been waiting 1000 years for…”. I wonder indeed how he would perceive a time and place, with all its many, many faults, where more Jews than ever in history live freely and can learn Torah and can defend themselves with HKBH’s help. I’m sure he’d find the reduction in subsidies, media bias and draft notices distressing. I guess its all a matter of perspective.