Monday, October 22, 2012
Bringing Moshiach
It is quoted in the Gemara (Sanhedrin) that by learning Torah we can force Moshiach to come. It is further clarified in the Gemara, but to give a good example is, think of an organization trying to raise money to build a building. Once the required money is collected, the building begins construction. Same for learning Torah, once we collect enough mitzvos of learning Torah Hashem must send Moshiach.
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You're lack of references ought to give your readers serious pause.
ReplyDeleteYour formula for bringing Moshiach, based on a factor for a critical mass of mitzvot, is 100% in error.
I say that with all due respect to your good intentions. But Torah also demands accuracy, not just good faith.
I had learned it from Rabbi Mizrachi's lectures online (see: www.divineinformation.com). Hard to say which lecture though as I listen to several a day and it's been a while since that post :)
DeleteAlthough, I will look for it in the gemara this week if I have a chance and let you know exactly what page it's on!
Thanks for reading :)
Look forward to it.
DeleteThe Lubavitcher Rebbe said back in 1988 that the work of mitzvot is DONE WITH, inasmuch as that aspect of taking the world to its ultimate expression, in and of itself, is concerned.
You came to my blog in a "hit and run" fashion. You labeled my post as sounding like "idolatry". But you never addressed any specific point and where you found fault with it.
That is like saying: Torah wants us to submit to our lustful desires because it says
"תתורו אחרי לבבכם". These words are, of course, out of context. You too, perhaps because I wrongly assume my readers have read all I've written on the subject, or because I fail to write comprehensively, understood the subject completely "out of whack".
Moshiach is not a simple issue. He is, after all is said and done, the personage who will take this world to its ultimate level of experience - to a utopia for which the world was created for in the first place. (See Ba'al Haturim; Gen. 1:2; On the words "ורוח אלהים מרחפת")
The sages throughout Jewish history spoke of this future period. For example, See Rashi on Daniel 12:12, where he says, about Moshiach, "שעתיד להתכסות אחר שנגלה וישוב ויתגלה" - that he will reveal himself, conceal himself, and again reveal himself (as had Moses prior to redeeming the Jews from Egypt).
Nobody more than the Rebbe (i.e. the Lubavitcher Rebbe) had Moshiach on his mind. From the day he accepted leadership of his flock he spoke of Moshiach in an obssessive way. He even spoke of himself as "crazy on Moshiach". We, his chassidim, too try to attune to what the Rebbe taught us on the topic.
Like I said, it ain't an easy topic to broach for the uninitiated, which is why I started my blog in the first place - to try and make sense of the issue.
Thank you for having dropped by, anyhow. Should you do it again, you can help me out a bit by avoiding the "hit and run" tactic, however. Then I have nothing to hang my faults on, and cannot improve.
May I, in parting, just leave a link to an article I think is important for your readers to consider? You may well consider it controversial, but nonetheless here it is:
http://hezbos.blogspot.com/2012/10/chabads-new-marching-orders.html