{"id":2935611,"date":"2021-07-23T14:20:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/2935611"},"modified":"2023-06-21T10:42:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T10:42:50","slug":"is-mashiach-still-coming-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/2935611\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mashiach Still Coming this Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Rachel,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is it possible to get clarification from the Rav–He seems to be ‘retracting<\/span>‘\u202fhis<\/span>\u00a0statement from earlier this year based on his visit where he got an update that things are looking different\u00a0<\/span>than<\/span>\u00a0what they were looking like\u00a0<\/span>before last Rosh Hashanah<\/span>?<\/span>\u00a0A lot of people are asking me too \u2013 what should I tell them?<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mashiach Clarified – Rav Shalom Arush – Rebuilding beyond the Rubble (video)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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-O.S., Lakewood, NJ, USA<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Regarding Mashiach – tell people to be patient, do teshuva<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and pray for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ahavat<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Yisrae<\/span>l<\/span><\/span><\/a>, to love everyone<\/span>!\u00a0<\/span>Quote<\/span>\u00a0them<\/span>\u00a0the famous tzaddik who said,\u00a0<\/span>“The Mashiach that’s coming you don’t want, and the Mashiach you want – isn’t coming!”\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We all have been taught all sorts of imaginations of Mashiach, and most of people wanting Mashiach is actually half the problem! “Bring Mashiach now!” essentially tells Hashem, “Do teshuva! Why are\u00a0<\/span>Y<\/span>ou withholding from us the good life?!”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Guess what – Hashem wants to bring Mashiach more than we want him!\u00a0<\/span>In fact, Rabbi Arush says that Hashem is angry at us for not doing more to improve our spiritual lives and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>do a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>daily spiritual accounting<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>, not strengthening our\u00a0<\/span>emuna<\/span>, and especially becoming only more steeped in promiscuity of dress and manner<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0and increasing the hatred,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lashon hara\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(evil speech), and in-fighting within the Jewish people daily.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So,<\/span>\u00a0G-d isn\u2019t bringing Mashiach\u00a0<\/span>yet because\u202f<\/span><\/span>we aren’t ready<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Rabbi Arush says that if\u00a0<\/span>Mashiach<\/span>\u00a0comes one second too early – he’ll come with rivers of blood<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0G-d forbid.<\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you want Mashiach –\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>top complaining and get ready! Get rid of all forms of unfiltered Internet<\/span>. G<\/span>et rid of the human-hair, custom-made wigs*<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Do a real accounting of what you CAN do to slowly increase the holiness in your life on whatever level you\u2019re starting out on.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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S<\/span>tart doing a daily spiritual accounting of at least 30 min so you aren’t living life as if the world is <\/span>owner-less <\/span>and the<\/span>re is no judge and no judgment.\u00a0<\/span>Rabbi Arush says\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0if you truly recognized that there IS a Judge and Judgement, then you wouldn’t wait for the Judgment to fall on your head! You would\u00a0<\/span>repent<\/span>\u00a0first! IE every day! And not only do you then stop the Judgment, but you even get a huge reward! If you believed it, you’d be\u00a0<\/span>a fool not to do it.\u00a0<\/span>So,<\/span>\u00a0you must not REALLY believe that there is a Judge and Judgment…). Start connecting to and listening<\/span>\u00a0to tzaddikim like Rabbi Arush, who are going to teach you the real truth!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And\u00a0<\/span>of course,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rabbi Arush\u00a0<\/span>said the key to the Geula that we\u2019ve all been waiting for is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>praying 30 minutes a day for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ahavat<\/span>\u00a0Yisrael<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rabbi Arush says, \u201cFinally, finally we have hope! We have a solution for the problem of baseless hatred that has plagued us for 2,000 years!\u201d Of course, someone who is literally helping to bring the Redemption with mercy\u00a0<\/span>will be showered with miracles and everything will be taken care of for him.\u00a0Rabbi Arush spoke further about\u00a0our active involvement in bringing Redemption mercifully in his article\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Will the World Ever Really\u00a0 <\/span>Change?<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mashiach is not coming to rid us of all our troubles and let us indulge in more unbridled physicality.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Just the opposite – we can enjoy physicality without it harming us only when we are holding on the highest levels of\u00a0<\/span>emuna<\/span>\u00a0and spirituality!\u00a0<\/span>So<\/span>\u00a0start investing in what will reap the real dividends!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have to at least be willing to WANT to live by the truth and try our best to change slowly – but we can’t just say, “Oh it’s fine, Hashem understands.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>We just read in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Eicha<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Lamentations)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2013<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u201c<\/span><\/span>we sinned and did not consider the consequences.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Long and wide clothing that doesn’t cling to or reveal the body, in colors that don’t attract attention, a real cloth head covering and not a wig, and guarding the eyes aren’t OPTIONAL. Without them, we negate\u00a0<\/span>the most basic aspects of holiness<\/span>! In fact<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0I just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>re-posted a summary from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rabbi Kanievsky shlita’s book<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which states that the beard is also a basic part of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kedushat<\/span>\u00a0Yisrael<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and all the “<\/span><\/span>heters<\/span><\/span>“<\/span>\u00a0to shave<\/span>\u00a0purported by the same “Rabbis” who say wigs and the rest of the shebang are all okay are also a sham.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is part of why it is so crucially important to pray every day to come close to\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>true\u00a0<\/span>tzaddik<\/span>\u00a0like Rabbi Arush, who teaches the real truth and not the lies<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>We are\u00a0<\/span>literally<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>the stage of the \u201cbirth pangs of\u00a0<\/span>Mashiach<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0and therefore the lies are paraded around as truth, while the truth is trampled upon and mocked -\u202f<\/span><\/span>just like the\u00a0<\/span>Gemara<\/span>\u00a0said it would be.\u202f<\/span><\/span>Being connected to tzaddikim and receiving the truth from them, and trying our very best to implement it, is everything! It’s\u00a0<\/span>literally\u00a0<\/span>the line between helping to bring Mashiach and delaying him G-d forbid.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In fact<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0if I’m unsure of the truth, that’s my standard – whatever everyone is saying and doing, the\u00a0<\/span>Gemara<\/span>\u00a0promises it’s a lie! And what everyone is mocking, that’s probably the truth!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As someone who knows the truth on many, many subjects from the tzaddikim – I\u00a0<\/span>personally testify to<\/span>\u00a0you\u00a0<\/span>that it’s an excellent rule to follow on every subject, from Jewish law (halacha<\/em>) to what is\u00a0being discussed in the media today!\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It was very, VERY hard for me to accept this reality because it’s scary and painful but when I could finally come to grips with it, I was finally free to live the truth without caring about what other people thought about it!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cStrength and glory are her clothing, and on the last day \u2013 she is the one who will laugh.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0King Solomon<\/span>\u00a0promises us – on the last day (when one leaves this world and is judged in Heaven, or when\u00a0<\/span>Mashiach<\/span>\u00a0is fully revealed), who will be t<\/span>he one laughing? (<\/span>Eshet<\/span>\u00a0Chayil).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And who will cower in shame?\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And which one do I want to be???<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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(*)<\/span><\/span> The synthetic wigs are a real discussion. Many <\/span>poskim<\/span> forbid them also because they look far too real, but it is possible to get a <\/span>heter<\/span><\/em> to wear a synthetic wig under certain circumstances. Even the best ones – generally you can tell that it’s a wig, versus real hair wigs. Another determining factor is the length – there is NO <\/span>heter<\/span><\/em> for a long wig <\/span>(below the shoulders) <\/span>under any circumstances. Again, generally the synthetic wigs are much shorter.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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That being said, regarding synthetic wigs – there are strong debates between the <\/span>ikkar<\/span> hadin<\/span><\/em> – the basic, dry ruling according to Jewish law – and the sod<\/em>, the ruling according to Kabbalah. Even those who permit synthetic wigs under specific circumstances and many rulings say that synthetic wigs require a specific <\/span>heter<\/span>, a specific permission for a <\/span>specific situation<\/span> and the average woman does not have blanket permission to use them.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, the tzaddikim with <\/span>ruach<\/span> hakodesh<\/span><\/em> who rule according to what they see in Heaven and not specifically by halacha, discuss the various punishments meted out to women wearing even synthetic wigs because of the immodesty of attempting to look more beautiful, and specifically unmarried, outside the house! This includes even women who wear a hat on top of the wig which clearly signifies that they are married, women whose wig consists of just a bit of fake hair coming out of a hat, and even some <\/span>Chassidishe<\/span> women who wear a scarf, but put a small piece of brown MATERIAL – not even synthetic hair, just brown cloth – to make it look from afar AS IF their hair was showing out the front.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The reason why is that the entire idea is incorrect. A married woman showing hair is forbidden. There is also a law that says that you are not allowed to do anything that even LOOKS forbidden. Hence<\/span>,<\/span> the <\/span>Gemara<\/span> says that almond milk served at a meat meal must have almonds in it to prove it isn’t dairy! In our days people assume it’s non-dairy milk but when that was rare, it had to be proven. And here a woman is going OUT OF HER WAY to look as if she’s doing something forbidden?! And often in order to look more beautiful or more “normal” outside of the house, which is also against the principles of modesty – and sometimes even to fit in among the non-Jews easier and not be easily identified as a Jew, which is also against the principles of holiness!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rachel Avrahami\u00a0grew up\u00a0in Los Angeles, CA, USA in a far-off valley where she was one of only a handful of Jews in a public high school of thousands. She found Hashem in the urban jungle of university. Rachel was privileged to read one of the first copies of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The Garden of Emuna<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0in English, and the rest, as they say, is history. She made Aliyah and immediately began working at\u00a0<\/span>Breslev<\/span>\u00a0Israel.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
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Rachel is now the Editor of\u00a0<\/span>Breslev<\/span>\u00a0Israel’s English website. She welcomes questions, comments,\u00a0articles, and personal stories\u00a0to her email:\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>rachel.avrahami@breslev.co.il<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Rachel,\u00a0 Is it possible to get clarification from the Rav–He seems to be ‘retracting‘\u202fhis\u00a0statement from earlier this year based on his visit where he got an update that things are looking different\u00a0than\u00a0what they were looking like\u00a0before last Rosh Hashanah?\u00a0A lot of people are asking me too \u2013 what should I tell them?\u00a0 Mashiach Clarified … Continue reading “Is Mashiach Still Coming this Year?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62109,"featured_media":3675831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[15712,15144],"tags":[63649,84742,59947,54956,20757,19833,16738,55370,16465,47184],"author_post":[15478],"new_serie":[],"class_list":["post-2935611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-jewish-outlook","tag-baseless-hatred","tag-baseless-love","tag-divine-judgment","tag-evil-speech","tag-hair-covering","tag-moshiach","tag-modesty","tag-promiscuity","tag-redemption","tag-cheshbon-hanefesh","author_post-rachel-avrahami"],"acf":{"intro_text":"

What happened to the promise that last Rosh Hashanah was the last without Mashiach? There are only a few weeks left to Rosh Hashanah again \u2013 what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n","special_content_in_the_post":"none","meta_title":"Is Mashiach Still Coming this Year?","meta_description":"What happened to the promise that last Rosh Hashanah was the last without Mashiach? There are only a few weeks left to Rosh Hashanah again \u2013 what\u2019s going on?","paragraph_first":"","paragraph_second":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3675831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2935611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2935611"},{"taxonomy":"author_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author_post?post=2935611"},{"taxonomy":"new_serie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new_serie?post=2935611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}