'Who am I?': that's not the first question, for Rosenzweig, W. says as we wander into town. The most important question reaches us from outside. It comes from without. 'Where are you?': that's what God asked Adam, W. says. Adam tried to hide, of course. He fled into the thickets. He was frightened, not of God, but of who he would become before God. Of the one he would become as soon as he said 'here'.
'Here': are we capable of saying that? Are we capable of coming out of hiding? Because we are hiding, W. says, like worms in the earth. We fled into the thickets at the first opportunity. We covered ourselves in mud …
Today! The Messiah is coming today!, says W. with great urgency. That's what Rosenzweig says. God commands each of us today – right here, right now! Where are you?, W. says. Go on, tell me! Where are you? In the shopping mall with him, I tell W., looking for chocolate.
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