A hashkafa shiur on Lag Baomer and its Messianic implications given by Rabbi Mendel Kessin.
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You see, what There are many, many things to know. Does everybody hear me clearly? Yes. Yes. We do. Okay. Now, first of all, this is not a lecture, it's a class. Correct. Which means that if somebody has a question, they can ask. Okay. Okay, and I will monitor that, you know, as long as it's relevant, that's fine. But if it's going to take me too far off the topic, then I will suggest uh to put it off another time. uh to put it off another time. Okay? Perfect. So, that's the part of the ground rules, as they say. Now, you have to remember one thing that the Mashiach is um it's it's not so much that we're waiting for him. Although he's the individual that brings, obviously, changes everything. But what we're really talking about is a completely different reality. You see? And that's really what we're talking about. So, it's far more than a man entering, you know, and then it's far more than a man You're breaking up a little bit. Uh do you hear me? Is it okay? Yes. Yes. I can hear him. Okay, it's far more than just a person coming and uh redeeming mankind. What we're really looking at is a What we're really looking at is a completely different era. It's a different reality that we do not know and we do not understand now. Even though it's a reality in Olam HaZeh, which is this world, and we're not talking here now about Olam HaBa, we're not talking about a future world. That's another type of reality. You see, which is infinitely greater than the Messianic era. But even in the Messianic era, what
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- 0:01You see, what There are many, many things to know. Does everybody hear me clearly? Yes.…
- 6:11of course, Adam dialogued with God. So, therefore, clearly, God was present and conscious to Adam.…
- 12:25concept. In other words, what man did is he created the force of evil that was…
- 18:40a control over the physical world. This concept of zohama. Now zohama means pollution or it…
- 24:48This is what happened. Uh therefore it nece- this necessitates obviously two different phases. You know…
- 31:00By the way, does everybody understand what I'm saying? Yes. Yes. Is Is Zohar also a…
- 37:08Tikkun became a Jewish uh operation. Only a Jew could do Tikkun, which means that he…
- 43:13No, he comes in whoever he he is. In the beginning, you notice that you know,…
- 49:16nation. So that's when he attempts to overcome the Mashiach ben Yosef. So if anything, that's…
- 55:21Got it. What are the three main concepts? What would it be? Mitzvah? Well, I'll just…
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