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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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Story about gentiles hanging to a Jewish person's clothes when the kingdom is rebuilt

Sounds like you're referring to Zechariah 8:22-23: "The many peoples and the multitude of nations shall come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord. Thus said the …
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Is it true that Rabbi Moshe Dovid Valle (aka the Ramad Vali, Ramdu) said that the Jesus was ...

Yes. See Sefer Halikutim, part 1, p. 242: "ומב"ד בא לעשות שלום בעולם ולא מלחמה, הפך ליש"ו הנוצרי שאמר מעצמו: לא באתי לעשות שלום בעולם אלא מלחמה. וגם הוא בודאי היה סוד משיח בן יוסף, אע"פ שהיה ממזר, כי …
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Opinion that Mashiach came already

The same quote appears in two places in the gemara: Sanhedrin 98b and 99a: "ר' הילל אומר אין להם משיח לישראל שכבר אכלוהו בימי חזקיה" "Rabbi Hillel says: There is no Messiah coming for the Jewish people …
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Is a Jew considered "lesser" in the eyes of Hashem for having doubts about specific ideas wi...

I'll try to give this question a go: Would a Jew who believes completely in all 13 Principles of Jewish faith be more pious in the eyes of Hashem than a Jew who does everything right while having …
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Names of Moshiach

I hope this answers your question: Malbim writes on the verse "כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר ה' לִמְשִׁיחוֹ֮ לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱזַ֣קְתִּי בִֽימִינ֗וֹ לְרַד־לְפָנָיו֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם וּמָתְנֵ֥י מְלָכִ֖ים אֲפַתֵּ֑חַ לִפְתֹּ …
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Why did the Jewish sages understand "Daniel 7:13" as the coming of the Messiah, and not the ...

The verses describe the Mashiach coming before God for an audience. What happens after that audience is not written in the text, nor why he came for an audience in the first place. The sages explain t …
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Moshiach will be groomed in Arabia

The Maharal is explicitly referring to a well-known aggadah about the birth of Mashiach after the destruction of the Temple. In the Yerushalmi his birth was stated to be in Birat Malka of Beit Lechem …
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Do any Jewish commentators or any targum or midrash see Haggai 2:7 as a reference to the mes...

None that I can see (not Targum Yonatan, Tanchuma, Tanchuma Buber, Otzar Hamidrashim, Shemot Rabbah, or the following commentators: Ibn Ezra, Malbim, Metzudat David, Metzudat Tzion, Radak and Hoil Mos …
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Yosef giving signs to his brothers

Here's the source in Imrei Yehuda by R' Yehudah Leib Woll: ויאמר יוסף אל אחיו אני יוסף העוד אבי חי. הקשו המפרשים הלא כבר שאל להם על אביו והשיבו שהוא חי. ואפ"ל שיוסף אמר להם זאת לסימן שיאמינו לו שהוא …
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History of Chabad Moshiach flag

was because he had seen some time earlier a Chabad-Moshaich event in which Chabad sent vehicles all over Israel with signs in those colors that read "Baruch Habah Melech Hamashiach" (Welcome, the King Messiah … (Psalm 20:6) and also represents "our strong will to receive the true face (panim in hebrew refers to pnimiut - interior or profundity) of Moshiach (the Messiah) [which] is the highest expression of divinity …
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Is there Maamar Tekhiyat HaMetim from the Rambam online version in English?

Yes, you can find an English translation here. The translation is part of the book "Maimonides - Crisis And Leadership" by Avraham Halkin and David Hartman and includes translations of some Rambam's …
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