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The Signs That Prove The Messiah Has Arrived

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Hidabroot - Torah & Judaism

Rabbi Zev Leff discusses the Rambam's criteria for identifying the Messiah and current events.

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[music] >> The world is turning against cloudy Israel, which is very similar to what they nobody says about Gog and Magog or all the nations will team up to try to destroy cloudy Israel. That's going on all over the world now. What will prove that he's Messiah? You don't need him a prophet to prove him. You don't need miracles to prove him. You need three things. >> Rabbi Left, thank you so much for joining us. We have a commandment to await Messiah. So, I wanted to know if the Rav could expand what awaiting Messiah actually looks like today. >> First of all, uh what it actually means is a person has to believe that it's possible for Messiah to come at any second. He has to live his life as if Messiah is not coming the next second. Uh but he has to believe that it's possible that Messiah can come at any time. And even though the Gamara says that the ideal times are during Nissan and Eliyahu Navi has to come 3 days before all those things the Brisker Rav says uh don't necess- don't necessarily uh exclude that Messiah can come if if Eliyahu didn't come 3 days before and it's not Hodesh Nissan. There's two times that are um uh times that are uh very auspicious for Messiah to come. One is called Be'ita, where there's a set time from creation that God gave to this world and Messiah will come at that time by hook or by crook. Uh the Ribono shel Olam make us ready uh by ways that are supernatural or whatever. And that's called the cakes, the ikta. And then there is the achishena, if we

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  1. 0:01[music] >> The world is turning against cloudy Israel, which is very similar to what they…
  2. 1:32uh times that are uh very auspicious for Messiah to come. One is called Be'ita, where…
  3. 3:04But he'll learn Torah now, and he'll do mitzvahs now, because he's looking forward to when…
  4. 4:36not in this world. She said, "Then why is it Torah promised all these things in…
  5. 6:08But if that's what interests you, that's what gives you simcha, and that's what you're willing…
  6. 7:40the process starts when somebody comes and claims to be Messiah. That's the beginning. Before that,…
  7. 9:16him. You need three things. He brings all Jews back to Eretz Yisrael. He conquers our…
  8. 10:48him think he was Messiah? To test us, and to see if we give up hope…
  9. 12:20that was going to be. And the Ribono shel Olam and informed him of that when…
  10. 13:54world both in a very positive way and from a lot of the negative things that…

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