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More on the Erev Ze'eir
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Read MoreGr"a on Redemption notes VII
Here is the final installation of the eleventh chapter of Even Shelema with notes. 10. All the concepts of the month of Tishrei are hints to the future. For the judgment will be on Rosh Hashana, and afterwards, the forgiveness for sin will be on Yom Kippur. Followed by Succos, the eighth day and their…
Read MoreGr"a on Redemption notes VI
7. Since the generations get weaker and weaker, and the Erev Rav increases in strength, it was necessary for the wise men of each generation to make decrees and new fences in order to compensate for the destruction being wrought by the Erev Rav (Tikkunei Zohar 34:1). See the Gemara in Eruvin 6, “A great…
Read MoreGr"a on Redemption notes V
In the previous post, we left off in the middle of the notes of R’ Maltzin on chapter 11, number 6. Here we continue. Just as the the sun’s rays pour out upon the moon and stars, so too, in every generation, there is a spark of Moshe Rabbenu that shines through someone in the…
Read MoreGr"a on Redemption notes III
3. This Redemption will only occur through the learning of Torah. The main Redemption is dependent on the learning of Kabbalah (*) (**). (*) Raya Mehemna (2:2), Tikkunei Zohar (4:4), Tikkunei Zohar Chadash (36:3). For this reason, the blessing of Ahava Rabba, which is the blessing of the Torah (Berachos 11), was ordered as we…
Read MoreGr"a on Redemption notes II
2. In the beginning, the ten tribes will be redeemed, and afterwards, the tribe of Yehuda [will follow](**). Afterwards will be the generation of the wilderness (Shir Hashirim 6:4)(*). (*) The twelve middle blessings of the prayer are ordered as four times three. The first three are Torah, Teshuva, which is service, and forgiveness. These…
Read MoreGr"a on Redemption notes I
What follows is a detailed review of the eleventh chapter of the Gra’s sefer, Even Shlema. The Gra himself is in bold, the notes on the sefer itself, by Rabbi Shmuel Maltzin are in bold italics. My own thoughts follow in regular print. Chapter 11 – In the concepts of the Erev Rav and the…
Read MoreGr"a on the Redemption process
What follows is Chapter Eleven of the Gra’s sefer Even Shelemah. It was annotated by Rabbi Shmuel Maltzin. I plan, be’H to follow up this post with the notes of R’ Maltzin on each piece, which are extremely interesting, as well as some of my own thoughts. Chapter 11 – In the concepts of the…
Read MoreAspects of MBY – 2-5
We continue with Rav Daniel Krentzman’s new book on Moshiach ben Yosef, based on the sefer Kol Hator.(2) “אנוח ליום צרה “: “The time I should have rested will become a day of distress”(חבקוק ג’ טז) . This refers to a time at which Mashiach ben Yosef is manifest. This similarly connects to the verse…
Read MoreMoshiach ben Yosef & Yehoshua VI
We continue with the last section of Rav Daniel Krentzman’s sefer. Kiddush Hashem Another one of the aspects of Mashiach ben Yosef is “Kiddush Hashem,” “Sanctifying G-d’s Name” (Kol HaTor chapter 4, 1,) bringing all nations and peoples of the world to recognition of the one G-d Who communicates His will to man through the…
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