The young man asked the old rabbi:
“We have heard that in the past, in the old golden days, people used to see God with their own eyes, people used to meet God. God used to walk the earth, God used to call people by their names. God was very close. What happened now? Why can't we see Him? Why is He hiding? Where did He go? Why did He forget the earth? Why doesn't He walk the earth anymore? Why does He no longer hold the hand of people stumbling in the darkness? He used to do this.
The old rabbi looked at the student and said:
“My son, He is still where He was, but people have forgotten how to bend so low to see Him.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru