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Ben Zoma said to the Chachamim: Will the exodus from Egypt be
mentioned in the days of Mashiach? [Doesn’t the pasuk say that people will talk
about being saved from their various places of dispersion and not from Egypt?]
Rather, [the end of] enslavement to the kingdoms will be the main thing, and the
exodus from Egypt will be secondary.
mentioned in the days of Mashiach? [Doesn’t the pasuk say that people will talk
about being saved from their various places of dispersion and not from Egypt?]
Rather, [the end of] enslavement to the kingdoms will be the main thing, and the
exodus from Egypt will be secondary.
Ein Ayah: With the exodus from Egypt, Israel merited their freedom. This is a matter of their own shleimut (completeness). However, the universal shleimut of the human race will be completed in the days of Mashiach. This will occur specifically by means of the dispersion that preceded the coming of Mashiach, which enabled Bnei Yisrael to publicize Hashem’s Name in the world. However, with the dispersion, the knowledge of Hashem was not completed nor, for that matter, could it have been completed unless the status of Israel would be elevated.
Since the broad human shleimut will come by means of Israel at the time of Mashiach, when we will really be elevated to a kingdom of priests, the matter of our extrication from the enslavement of the kingdoms will be the main point. In relation to that, the individual national shleimut of our nation will be qualitatively less significant. In fact, we will not have to concentrate on the national shleimut, which we will already have reached at that time. Rather the main practical efforts will be in regard to the goal of perfecting things on a universal basis. Since this universal improvement will be possible only through Israel’s acts of Torah and mitzvot, the main focus of those mitzvot will be for the needs of humankind as a whole. Only on a secondary level will there be a desire to raise the national shleimut that emanated from the exodus from Egypt because our own shleimut will be achieved mainly by means of Hashem’s light upon us.
The Motivation for the War of Gog and Magog
(based on Ein Ayah, Berachot 1:173)
Gemara:
It says (Yeshaya 43:18-19): "Do not mention the first things"- this is enslavement of the exiles; "and the previous matters do not contemplate"- this is the exodus from Egypt. "I am doing something new, it is now growing"- this is the wars of Gog and Magog. Rav Yosef cited: this is a parable of one who went along the way and came across a wolf and was saved from it ... a lion ... a snake and was saved from it. He forgot about the earlier events and told about the snake.
Ein Ayah: It seems that all of the nations’ opposition to Israel was for selfish purposes, whether it be to become enriched by destroying Israel or because of their stinginess lest we get something that they might have gotten, or so that their strength not be weakened when our spiritual strength grows. However, the war of Gog and Magog will be just for the desire to hurt and destroy, as a pasuk in Yechezkel (39:2) hints. They will not have any interests about which we cause them problems, and we will be living in our land, seeking peace with all of our neighbors. Only the desire to destroy and the jealousy toward Israel will bring it about. In that way, they are compared to the snake, who bites without benefit, unlike the lion and wolf, who kill one in order to eat. This type of attack is very dangerous. However specifically from there will flourish the true salvation of Israel to glorify, and the Divine Name will be sanctified through Israel.
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Moreshet Shaul Moreshet Shaul: A Crown and its Scepter – part II
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 294-5
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
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Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
Ein Aya Armies Still Necessary for Balance & the War Against Wars
Rav Kook explains why the world was originally divided into the various seemingly contradicting ideologies and cultures, in order to develop each one respectively. Swords or armies symbolize how each respective ideology defends themselves, as well as deters their opposing ideologies and cultures. On the other hand, the messianic era will be one of peace, and Rav Kook explains the transition to that stage, which mankind is already undergoing.
The Land of Israel LGBT'S IN ISRAEL
The question was asked, how can one make Aliyah with the LGBT parades?
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 7 - Five Accumulative Proofs of G-d
As a preparation for the Kuzari's classic proof of G-d from the mass-revelation at Sinai, we start here with 5 other directions to strengthen our belief which also contribute to what the Kuzari will present as well.
Ein Aya Muscle & Meaning: The Dual Nature of Gevurah (Physical Strength)
Is physical strength and fitness a necessity or an ideal? Although it if often totally overlooked among topics of Judaism, Rav Kook writes that it clearly is also a necessity to deter the many enemies of Israel, but even in Y'mot HaMashiach, in the Messianic era, to a certain extent, it's ideal continues even after our enemies will have been finished off.
