Questions tagged [ymoth-hamoshiach]
Questions regarding the messianic era.
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What's the explanation of the proof for how we know all synagogues will become uprooted from the ground to go to Eretz Yisroel?
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Megillah 29a with commentators says that in the future time, all synagogues will become uprooted from their places throughout the world and collectively fly in the air to travel to the land ...
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Why is the prohibition against coveting (לא תחמוד) considered to be the greatest and most difficult commandment?
While writing an answer to the question of whether the War of Gog and Magog has occurred already (https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/143162/7303), a very significant idea was mentioned, which ...
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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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Advice to Non-Jew about Days of HaMoshiach
A non Jew has recently asked me that if Moshiach is coming soon, what should he do?
It's a very vague question but it kind of has to be. We don't know what the coming of Moshiach looks like or if it ...
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attack against Persia (Iran) in the Acharis HaYomim
I saw a midrash that says that Edom (Europe, US?) will join forces with Arabia; together they
will attack Malchus Poras (Persia, Iran).After they defeat her, they will in turn attack
Yisrael, leading ...
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A set number of souls which can be born
Are there any sources that suggest that there is only a set amount/number of souls which can be born into bodies before the arrival of Moshiach or before Olam Haba?
If yes, can Moshiach even come ...
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Will the donkey of Moshiach talk?
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The question and answer here
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/52493/32743
Touch on the idea that the donkey that Moshe rode (his family and placed his belongings on (not him himself, the ...
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What is the malchus harisha nowadays
The Talmud talks of a malchus harisha (evil kingdom). This seems to be referring to the Roman Empire in all contexts.
Tractate Avodah Zarah 2b says that Rome and Persia will last until the coming of ...
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The size of Jerusalem in the future (Bava Batra 75b)
The Vilna Gaon in Kol HaTor (1:26) writes:
The settlement of our Holy Land in general, and the construction of Jerusalem in particular must be according to the principle of equal [balanced/ accurate] ...
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What is the status of shuls turned into churches
We all know when moshiach arrives all shuls will go to Eretz Yisroel
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shuls that were confiscated and turned
into churches and are still around?
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What is the exact date of the end of days referenced in the book of Daniel according to various commentators?
According to this article many commentators starting from the time of Rebbeynu Saadia Gaon through the time of the Alter Rebbi used the pesukim in the book of Daniel to calculate when the end of days ...
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6,000 years or 6,013 or 6,023?
I heard a lecture that the 6,000yr before the Messianic period begins is an approximation for the exact number of 6,013yr (or possibly 6,023yr as my memory may not be serving me right). I searched and ...
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What is the intention of the Moshiach proofs from the Torah, brought by Rambam?
In chapter 11 of the laws of kings (and their wars) (https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1188356/jewish/Melachim-uMilchamot-Chapter-11.htm) the Rambam defines the basic obligation to ...
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Will we observe the laws of Orlah when moshiach comes?
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I've been thinking on the subject of Orlah in the times of the Garden of Aydin, that if it was expected that Adam shouldn't have sinned, and if the Torah existed before creation (meaning it ...
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Maharal of Prague on 10 Lost Tribes of Israel
I have read that Rabbi Yehuda Loewe (d. 1609), the “Maharal of Prague,” taught that we will never discover the lost tribes of Israel by searching. He explained that the exile of the ten tribes is a ...
