This concept is very applicable to us. In our day, we have seen a resurgence of Torah study that might well be unprecedented in history. Since the great yeshivas of Sura and Pumpedisa, there haven’t been as many men learning Torah full time. And we are all a part of that. Whether I learn in the Mir in Yerushalyim, Beis Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, or in Ponevezh or Chofetz Chaim, or even if I have never set foot in a yeshiva, I am part of this nation. This nation is ascending. This nation has rebuilt Torah institutions. We have our own newspapers and magazines and radio programs, our own authors and songwriters. We have experienced the rebirth of a Torah Nation. And all of this in the turbulent waters of a conflicted society that constantly pulls at us to join in its march of emptiness and frivolity. That society pulls at our youth, and it pulls at our men and women, but despite all its efforts, we have remained loyal to the Torah way.
The nation of Yisrael is on the rise, and we are all a part of it. In that sense, we are to be rewarded. May Hashem speedily bring forth our full Redemption.