Thursday, October 26, 2017

When was Moshiach supposed to have come?

Based on the Gemara Sanhedrin 97 and the pesukim in Daniel, the Rishonim and Acharonim come up with various times that Moshiach was supposed to have come. Every single one of them has long since passed.
  1. Rashi - 978
  2. Yad Ramah - 803
  3. R' Sadya Gaon - 983
  4. Rambam (Iggeres Teiman) - 1212
  5. Ramban (in his famous debate) - 1358
  6. Malbim - offers a number of possibilities
    1. 590
    2. 1913
    3. 1928 - He suggested that the Geula would start in 1913 and complete in 1928
Yet we are supposed to believe that Moshiach is still coming.
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8 comments:

  1. Der KoiferOctober 26, 2017 at 5:30 PM

    What about the year 6,000

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    1. AJewWithQuestionsMay 30, 2018 at 5:09 PM

      That is the end of the world according to 1 opinion

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  2. Yoni2October 26, 2017 at 6:25 PM

    Where is the source for your quote from Rashi?

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  3. Yoni2October 26, 2017 at 6:30 PM

    A similar interesting phenomenon is found each time any political or natural event of note happens. You will find countless people saying stuff like "things are so bad moshiach must be coming right now". They are totally forgetting that if moshiach is coming when things are at their very worst they have to get worse than 1941 for that to happen; I sincerely hope they are not correct about that.

    As an example, when Obama was elected, people were saying stuff like "he's so terrible for Israel the only answer possible could be that moshiach will come before his inauguration". Never mind that moshiach decidedly did not come between hitler's election and inauguration.

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  4. G*3October 26, 2017 at 11:32 PM

    It's odd that Rashi predicted Moshaich would come before he was born.

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  5. Alter Cocker Jewish AtheistOctober 29, 2017 at 3:14 AM

    Moshaich is a wishful thinking and will almost certainly never come. So sad for people to be placated with fantasy, appeased with nonsense, and place hope in a pipe dream. The Talmud just makes up stuff. First it writes something like Moshaich will come when belief in Hashem is eroded, then somebody else says no, he will come when belief in Hashem is widespread etc: They do not have a clue.

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  6. Big MouthApril 19, 2020 at 3:47 PM

    This isn't very impressive. That jewish scholars were hopeful and admittedly wishful says nothing of the core doctrine.

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