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Who is Gog and Magog [duplicate]

Rabbi Shimshon Rafiel Hersch says Gog is related to Gag - meaning roof. Jews "must" leave their homes for 7 days to live under a covering of Scach (sparce leaves and branches) leaving a ...
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Do you have any source about the connection between אגג and גוג or גוג ומגוג?

I was listening to a shiur that made a very interesting connection between Agag, Homon and the whole Purim story. The rov didn't go as deep as I hoped he would in relation to Agag, and I was wondering ...
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The reason Sukkos is connected to Gog U'Magog

In sefer Or Shiva't HaYamim, Rabbi Eliezer Zev Raz writes that the war of Gog U'Magog will be fought on Hoshana Rabbah, e.g. on Sukkos and Moshiach ben David will fight the war, prevail and defeat the ...
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Did the Battle of Gog Umagog happen already?

I’ve been reading a lot of Ezekiel Chapter 38 and on with Talmud Sanhedrin 97a and on and it seems from there that the order of events before the coming of mashiach need to happen in order for ...
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