The latest update on the radiation situation reminded me of something that one of the Sages said thousands of years ago.
In the ancient of days R’ Chanina said:
The son of David will not come until a fish will be sought for a sick person, and it will not be found…
Today, Michael Friedlander, a U.S. based nuclear engineer, told CNN: “That’s the one [cesium] I am worried about. Plankton absorbs the cesium, the fish eat the plankton, the bigger fish eat smaller fish – so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of cesium gets higher.”
Michael’s comments struck me because I remembered what R’ Chanina had said.
There will come a time when a sick person would need to eat and they wouldn’t be able to because no fish could be found.
Or maybe R’ Chanina meant that fish will be so contaminated that a sick person would not be able to eat it.
In any case, the glaring reality of what is happening cannot be denied. Our water was polluted even before this happened and now it is going to get worse.
Be prepared and say your prayers.
