Ilana Stein, fresh back from appreciating God's world in Kruger, shares thoughts of Rav Amital z"l, on the beautiful verses of this chapter, the vision that despite the diminished status of Jerusalem's in Zekharia's day, nevertheless כֹּה אָמַר יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת עֹד יֵשְׁבוּ זְקֵנִים וּזְקֵנוֹת בִּרְחֹבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם וְאִישׁ מִשְׁעַנְתּוֹ בְּיָדוֹ מֵרֹב יָמִים׃
Thus said the LORD of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and women in the squares of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age. And the squares of the city shall be crowded with boys and girls playing in the squares.For anyone with even a minimal connection to Jewish history it's hard not to feel a tug on the heart when reading these verses - where for the vast majority of the last two thousand years these verses describe a longed for future, today they describe a reality. Text here:
https://www.sefaria.org/Zechariah.8
