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Is it true that Rabbi Moshe Dovid Valle (aka the Ramad Vali, Ramdu) said that the Jesus was a failed Mashiach ben Yosef? Please provide sources
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&...
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Opinion that Mashiach came already
As @DoubleAA wrote in the comments, it's from the gemara in Sanhedrin. The same quote appears in two places in the gemara: Sanhedrin 98b and 99a:
"ר' הילל אומר אין להם משיח לישראל שכבר אכלוהו ...
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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 ...
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Opinion that Mashiach came already
Artscroll Sanhedrin 99a1 note 13 explains
R' Hillel does not dispute that the Jews will be redeemed from exile. Rather, he maintains that the redemption will not be wrought by a human messiah, but by ...
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What's the Halachic status of the Moshiach and "presumed to be the Moshiach"?
The Rambam gives us signs by which to identify a proper messianic candidate. If that person performs the enumerated functions (versed in Torah, engages in commandments, enjoins Israel to follow the ...
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Are there positive meanings in Torah about horses that relate to Jews? Also dogs?
Before we look at if people are likened to horses in a positive way, we first need to see what are regarded as the ma'alos, the relative merits of horses.
Upon initial research, it would seem that ...
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When will the "marriage" between G-d and Am Yisrael be completed?
Midrash Rabbah Shemot 15:31:
דָּבָר אַחֵר, הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם, מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁקִּדֵּשׁ
אִשָּׁה וְכָתַב לָהּ מַתָּנוֹת מוּעָטוֹת, כֵּיוָן שֶׁבָּא לְלָקְחָהּ,
כָּתַב לָהּ מַתָּנוֹת רַבּוֹת ...
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Free will after Moshiach
The prophet Zechariah writes (13:1):
And it shall come to pass on that day, says the L-rd of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: ...
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Opinion that Mashiach came already
This is discussed in detail in Sefer Yeshuot Meshicho by Abarbanel in the second Iyun (deep review) citing Yerushalmi Brachot, chapter 2, Mishnah 4 toward the end.
The Talmud Yerushlmi says:
Rebbi ...
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Can Moshiach be a woman?
In the question as posed it is not clear which of the 2 messiahs are under discussion. After a perusal of several sources I have not seen any statement from the sages of the talmud that Moshiach "...
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Could הָעַלְמָ֗ה in Isaiah 7:14, be a reference to Zion?
John R. W. Stott completely disregards Isaiah 7:16, literally two verses later:
16 חֶמְאָ֥ה וּדְבַ֖שׁ יֹאכֵ֑ל לְדַעְתּ֛וֹ מָא֥וֹס בָּרָ֖ע וּבָח֥וֹר בַּטּֽוֹב For, when the lad does not yet know to ...
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What opinions on what types of bird's nests relate to Moshiach? Is phoenix sourced?
The Zohar does not elaborate on what kind of birds nest it is. See below for what I've found on the concept of Phoenix.
The concept of Moshiach being in the "birds nest" comes from the Zohar ...
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Source for "God created this world so that we serve Him with free will"
Thanks for the great question. I have watched much Rabbi Friedman and have spent countless hours collecting sources on the topics he lectures on.
I don't really need to bring those, because the ...
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3 Moshiachs in Midrash Rabbah?
Bamidbar Rabbah 14 is identifying all sorts of people as those who have been part of the salvation of Israel
The section reads
דבר אחר, לי גלעד ולי מנשה, לפי שיש מחלוקת הרבה על המשוחים, יש אומרים ז', ...
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Are these points mentioned anywhere in the Tanach regarding the Messiah?
The Tanakh has all that you mention and more concerning the Messiah. It's all in Isaiah 9:5-6 and 11:1-13. The Messiah will:
Be a human being. (It says: “For a child is born to us -- ki yeled ...
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How do non-chassidim relate to the Baal Shem Tov's ascent to heaven?
As someone who is a sefardi, who went to a modern orthodox primary school in London, and then went to a litvish yeshiva, and spent 15+ years fully immersed in the litvish world only to then discover ...
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Guarantors and Moshiach
Rb Edelstein does not say that afflictions come on the tzaddik because of arvus (the notion of being a guarantor).
He says that the affliction that was fitting to befall the generation may befall the ...
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Moshiach bearing the sickness of B'nei Yisrael
Posting another answer because - the Gemara there isn't necessarily saying Mashiach has to suffer or bear our sickness. Reading precisely again, Rabbanan only said:
ורבנן אמרי חיוורא דבי רבי שמו ...
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Moshiach bearing the sickness of B'nei Yisrael
It's brought in Likutei Moharan II:8 (R' Nachman of Breslev's final lecture) ideally by prayer and "shining forth of the sun" healing and forgiveness of sins are attained and neither Yisrael ...
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Moshiach bearing the sickness of B'nei Yisrael
why does Moshiach needs to bear our illnesses? In the sefer בעקבי הכתובים - איוב I think it is explained that Moshiach will carry our illness because we cannot endure it, we are not "strong ...
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What will happen prior and after the End of Days?
The arrival of the Messiah: According to Jewish tradition, the Messiah will be a righteous descendant of King David who will come to redeem the Jewish people and bring about the final redemption. His ...
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Moshiach and three meals
The Imrei Emes (Avraham Mordechai Alter) explains this Gemara as follows (No time for a translation, anyone who can do this, please feel free to translate it. Otherwise I will pick this up at a later ...
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