Calculating the Time of Redemption

נמצאו 2 תוצאות חיפוש

1. Daniel's Prayer (continued)

   Part 2

   Rabbi Yaakov Medan

   An assumption is made that Daniel’s prayer in chapter 9, a prayer that was necessary in order to bring redemption, was uttered at the time when prayer was prohibited with punishment of death in chapter 6. In Daniel’s prayer, a confession and acceptance of Divine judgment is followed by his supplication. Gavriel the angel relates to Daniel a time of ‘seventy weeks’. The Sages and commentators interpret this to mean a time period of 490 years between the destruction of the two Batei Mikdash. There are several difficulties with this approach and alternative suggestions are raised, but the ultimate meaning remains a mystery.

2. Are We Waiting for Mashiach or is He Waiting for Us? Two Models of Redemption

   Rabbi Alex Israel | שעה ו- 6 דקות

   Sefer Vayikra and Devarim offer two variant paradigms of Redemption. We shall apply these to the Egyptian Exile, and to the exiles that followed, and relate to our current state of play; are we currently in Exile or Redemption?