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Moshiach (Messiah) lit. "annointed one". The final redeemer of the Jewish people from exile. Prophesied in Tanach, he will be a righteous human king descended patrilineally from King David. Identity still unknown, check back later.
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Will there be Sanhedrin in Messianic Times?
Following my back-and-forth with @RabbiKaii I suddenly realized that the reinstitution of a functioning Sanherdin is not mentioned in Rambam's vision of the Messianic times (Hil. Melachim 11.1 and on)....
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Who is the anointed one in Daniel 9:24-27 and is this verse referring to an anointed one or the messiah? [closed]
I was listening to Radar Apologetics, a Christian apologists who argued that anointed one in Daniel who was cut off and put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering is the messiah, but ho is the ...
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Relationship between the imagery of Messiah in Targum Jerusalem Exodus 12:42 and Pirkei De Rabbi Eliezer 30:13
In Targum Jerusalem Exodus 12:42 the Messiah is depicted as coming from midst of Rome. And Pirkei De Rabbi Eliezer 30:13 portrays Messiah as coming from Edom (Isaiah 63:1). Was the imagery of Messiah ...
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what is the basis that there is no olah and fire burning on the altar any more?
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Hi so I heard that the fire had to be constantly on and was even on during the time in the desert and eventually on the 17th of Tamuz during the times of the Romans, the perpetual fire and the ...
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Is there Maamar Tekhiyat HaMetim from the Rambam online version in English?
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Hi, do they have Maamar Techiyat HaMeitim by the Rambam somewhere online?
This is the Hebrew version https://www.sefaria.org/Iggerot_HaRambam%2C_Maamar_Tekhiyat_HaMetim.1?lang=bi&with=all&...
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Is there a source for jumping straight to techiyat hametim without having to die?
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Hi, correct me if I'm wrong. I heard there are two possibile outcomes that will get a person to techiyat hametim. One is the person dies, goes to Gan Eden bezrat Hashem, and then gets resurrected ...
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How to live in the times of Mashiach right now
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I heard that the Baal Shem Tov says that you are where your thoughts are. I also heard that certain big tzadikim, like Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, lived in a level of Torah in which the Temple was ...
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חבלי משיח has already been fulfilled
I heard in a conversation that the חבלי משיח have already been fulfilled via the world wars. Does anyone have a source for this?
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How would you respond to this claim by Christians? [duplicate]
My friend is an evangelical pastor and he argues that Christ could be the messiah through the female linage of Mary, I am currently struggling to respond to this and wondered how you would respond? I'...
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Why don't the Jews see Isaiah 53 as being messianic? [closed]
In Isaiah 53 it talks about a suffering servant, this verse is commonly used by Christians as talking about Jesus of Nazareth, but I was wondering what are the main objections from the Jewish ...
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How would you address the claim that the messiah's lineage could be through the mother? [duplicate]
A little context: I am on a Facebook group where Christians and Jews debate, and we were discussing how Christ could be the messiah, when he wasn't directly through the male lineage of David, in which ...
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Left behind after final redemption
This question is based on the Ha Yom Yom sefer which is well know to the Chabad school of thought adherents.
We are taught that Moshiach will gather the Jewish people from all corners of the earth and ...
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Did the Lubavitcher Rebbe want people to say יחי אדונינו, or not? [closed]
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If this question is closed then this other question:
How can the Rebbe be considered Moshiach?
Also must be. There's no difference in principal.
The phrase, יחי אדונינו מורינו ורבינו מלך ...
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How many Jews should live in Exile?
1-God said:
But if you do not obey Me and do not observe all these commandments... [Lev. 26:14] I will scatter you among the nations... [Lev. 26:33]
2-The Talmud says:
Rabbi Osha'ya said... The ...
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Why doesn't the Rambam disqualify Yushkuh as Moshiach because he's not descended from King David?
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The Rambam writes:
4 If a king will arise from the House of David who diligently
contemplates the Torah and observes its mitzvot as prescribed by the
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Could the messiah be adopted into the lineage of David like Jesus and if no why? [closed]
I have a friend who is an evangelical pastor for a baptist Church and we were talking about the criteria for the messiah, one of the criteria is obviously being that they had to be from the linage of ...
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Does Rambam Rule that the Moshiach ben Yosef Concept Does Not Exist?
I'm currently in a discussion with a non-smicha guy who's publicly teaching these claims that the Rambam Absolutely and Halachically rejects the entire concept of the Messiah son of Yosef just because ...
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Who does the prophecy in Malachi refer to?
Malachi 3:1:
הִנְנִ֤י שֹׁלֵ֙חַ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔י וּפִנָּה־דֶ֖רֶךְ לְפָנָ֑י וּפִתְאֹם֩ יָב֨וֹא אֶל־הֵיכָל֜וֹ הָאָד֣וֹן ׀ אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֣ם מְבַקְשִׁ֗ים וּמַלְאַ֨ךְ הַבְּרִ֜ית אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּ֤ם חֲפֵצִים֙ הִנֵּה־...
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Free PDF of Moshe Zacutto Shorshei Shemot In English Online?
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Does anyone know a free PDF of the Book Shorshei HaShemot by Moshe Zaccuto in English?
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What are the requirements for the messiah? [duplicate]
I am considering becoming an Orthodox Jew but I was born and raised a Christian, I know little much about the Jewish faith but I want to learn, my question being what is the requirements that they are ...
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What criteria did Christ not meet to be the messiah? [duplicate]
The Jewish faith obviously rejects Christ as the upcoming messiah, but I was wondering why don't you believe that Christ was the sent messiah and what criteria did Christ not meet in order to be ...
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Was Deuteronomy 18:15, interpreted messianically in Judaism?
Deuteronomy 18:15 “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brethren—him you shall heed— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of ...
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Whats is the source of the Baal Shem Tov going to meet the Or Hachaim
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I heard there is a story of the Baal Shem Tov going to meet the Or Hachaim what is the source of this story?
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Will Moshiach need to PROVE he is a male line descendant of King David?
Would it be a requirement for Moshiach to be able to prove that he is a descendant of King David or at least have a family mesorah that he is?
Or is it more of a case that once we see that someone is ...
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Anyone heard of the sefer Peri Netzach?
I saw this floating around recently regarding the earthquake, solar eclipse and the tensions between Israel and Iran, however, I've never heard of the sefer Peri Netzach, and nothing comes up about it ...
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Who where these commentaries of the book chovot Halevavot?
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Who where these comentaries Pat Lechem, Marpe La Nefesh, and Tov Halevanon? And is Tov Halevanon the same as Lev Tov on Chovot Halevavot?
Also heard there is also Nedar Bakodesh on Chavot Halevavot ...
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Isn't a heretic only someone who rejects at least one of the 13 Principles of Faith of the Rambam?
As I was in the process of writing this post, I found a related one on this website: Belief that a dead man will be the Messiah - Kfira?
Based on that post mentioned above, I ask: how can believing ...
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Can Noachide apostasy lead to delaying of the Moshiach
Can an individual who committed to being a Noachide, not before any rabbi but to himself and to G-D delay the coming of the Messiah by giving up the Noachide laws and renouncing G-D? What if the ...
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What does the Vav in Eliyahu represent?
There is a famous Midrash that Yaakov took a Vav from Eliyahu. This is why their names are spelled
אליה & יעקוב
They say it has to do with the announcements.
What did he take?
I.e. what כח was in ...
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Were there those who believed that the Hasmonean dynasty was messianic?
The majority branches of Judaism believes that the Messiah must be from the line of David. But were there other sectarian points of view? In particular, I am interested in the opinion about the ...
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Will Geirim (proselytes) receive a future land allotment?
Will converts to the Israelite religion, also known as geirim or proselytes, who have no land allotment in the land of Israel and can't permanently own Israelite land receive a land allotment in the ...
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Is there a mitzvah not to ignore a person?
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This probably very common sense question although what is the mitzvah that when your with a person you shouldn’t ignore them? What’s the source?
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Nefesh Habahamit/Body of Moshiach
I have a bunch of questions about the Nefesh Habahamit (the earthy "animal" soul) of the Moshiach (Ben David). Note, I don't want to limit this just to Kabbalistic/Lurian sources, so I will ...
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End of days in the Talmud
Are only frightening predictions for the End of Days in the Talmud? (Like that sages wouldn't live in these time periods.) Are there also encouraging statements for these times in addition to the ...
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Who is the Rebbe that will redeem us in the maamer "Basi Legani" by the Lubavitcher Rebbe?
I found a copy of the first official maamer given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Basi Legani (5711). The conclusion of the maamer talks about seeing the Rebbe in the flesh and ...
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Teshuvah still possible when Mashiach comes or not? [duplicate]
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I heard when Mashiach comes we will be indefinitely doing teshuvah forever.
From another place I heard that when Mashiach comes teshuvah will be closed and no more teshuvah will be possible (I ...
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Where does R' Kook refer to secular Zionism as Moshiach ben Yosef?
In this article Dr. Polonsky talks about R' Kook's identification of secular Zionism as Moshiach ben Yosef, but he doesn't quote the source. Can someone point me to where R' Kook discusses this?
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Moshiach, Arabia and the Eirev Rav
In a comment in this question, Rabbi Yitzchok Soloveitchik is said to have said that ערביא (Arabia) is referring to the Eirev Rav and their role in the End of Days.
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Moshiach will be groomed in Arabia
The Maharal of Prague, in his sefer Netzach Yisrael (26:12) writes (quoted by Rabbi Yitzchok Sorotzkin in sefer Keitz HaYamin, Vol. 1, p. 14):
ולכך המשיח גדל בבירת ערבא - Moshiach will grow up [be ...
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The Ox and The Donkey: Moshiach and Eisav
The Torah tells us in Parshas Vayishlach that Yaakov says:
וַֽיְהִי־לִי֙ שׁ֣וֹר וַחֲמ֔וֹר - I have acquired oxen and asses
There are some commentaries that connect this very specific posuk to ...
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Does "הֵאָסְפוּ" signify unity as the key to redemption?
The verse says וַיִּקְרָא יַעֲקֹב אֶל־בָּנָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הֵאָסְפוּ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָא אֶתְכֶם בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים׃, And Jacob called his sons and said, “Come together that I may ...
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How Could Jacob Think that Samson was the Messiah?
Jacob, at the end of his life, had a vision of the future, saw Samson's might, and momentarily thought that Samson was the Messiah (Genesis 49:17-18).
Breishit Raba 98:
יַעֲקֹב אָבִינוּ רוֹאֶה אוֹתוֹ ...
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Do messianic prophecies have to occur immediately or can they all be fulfilled over a longer period of time before and after his arrival?
We have a wide swath of prophecies and information regarding the messianic age and the events which are to happen both prior and during mashiach.
My question is whether the timelines of such events ...
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Why did Rav Akiva announce Bar kochba as mashiach?
Why did Rav Akiva announce Bar kochba as mashiach? I don't understand if he wasn't from the house of David wasn't born in Beth lehem?
neither were R Nachman and R Mendel zikhrono livrakha. why do ...
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Is it still galut even though a lot of Jews are in Israel
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Is it still galut even though correct me if I’m wrong most Jews are in Israel? If yes what’s the meaning of Geulah?
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The Soul of an Animal
A man has freewill and is judged according to his deeds, his own actions decide his position. This is simple to understand. So here comes my question: "Animals too have souls but their level is ...
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The reason Sukkos is connected to Gog U'Magog
In sefer Or Shiva't HaYamim, Rabbi Eliezer Zev Raz writes that the war of Gog U'Magog will be fought on Hoshana Rabbah, e.g. on Sukkos and Moshiach ben David will fight the war, prevail and defeat the ...
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How is it possible to suggest that Moshiach must be alive when there is a clear Gemarah debating that
I saw a conversation on Mi Yodeya, questioning if one who believes the Rebbe to be moshiach is a heretic.
The main basis of the argument was that Moshiach must be alive.
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Destruction in times of Moshiach
The Gemarah in Brachos 13a talks about how each latter tribulation will be so much more trying than the earlier ones that each redemption will outshine the previous one (see Maharsha). If this is the ...
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The end of days
There's a lot of chatter about our current predicament — the Gaza War which started on Shmini Atzeret 2023, being the coming of Messiah; as is common when tragedy strikes.
What is the source that the ...
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