tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80734806893762840062024-02-18T18:11:55.561-08:00(Yehudim-Q&A) Orthodox JudaismDailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-56948001160808690162010-07-23T15:28:00.000-07:002010-07-23T15:30:21.563-07:00D'var Torah, Va'Etehanan-<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><div align="left">On this <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279924015_0">Shabbat</span> we will read Parashat Vaetchanan, & the Haftara begins with the word 'Nachamu', Hashem is giving us words of comfort, in the Haftarot starting this Shabbat- till <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279924015_1">Rosh Hashana</span>, 7 Shabbatot in total.</div><div align="left">What is the meaning of this comfort? How can you comfort a nation?</div><div align="left">A great way to learn the meaning of a word from our Tanach is to llok for it in another place in th Tanach itsself. The first meaning of the word 'Nechama'- comfort in Hebrew is regret. This verb appears in Parashat Bereshit for the first time, when Hashem regrets that he created the world. So comfort is actually regret. Hashem regret for what he did to us.</div><div align="left">But how can we say such a thing? How can we say that Hashem regrets, that he has 'second thoughts'?</div><div align="left">The Midrashim that describe the process of comfort after the destruction, gives us a surprising description. From these Midrashim we understand this is not only our Destruction, but also Hashem's destruction, pain & mourning. Hashem is connected to us like father & son, he needs this comfort as well!</div><div align="left">Indeed, this is not regret in the simple meaning of it, but it's also his destruction. The authority that gives the warning, & the authority that commites the crime are mixed, they are on the same side in this case.</div><div align="left">They both suffer in pain, cry & mourn. </div><div align="left">But there is another meaning to rthe word 'comfort' in hebrew. A very important motive that repeats in these Haftarot is memory. Comfort is also a memory. Hashem remember us, cares about us, interested in our situation. Its not that he did what did & thats the end of it, of course not.</div><div align="left">When we talk about memory as part of our comfort it has a great massage for us. Do we remember who we are, what we were in the past? Do we remember what we can be in present & future? Do we believe that all the great peophecys that were given- talks about us? Do we believe that they talk on our times?</div><div align="left">in order to find comfort, we must have great belief in Hashem & in ourselves. We must believe that we deserve these prophecys, & we must want it happening asap.</div><div align="left">Comfort is regret for the past & remember the future. With it, & with our hope & commitment to a better present & future, we will find true comfort.</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="left">(Credit to, R` Moshe).</div><div align="left"><br /></div></span>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-30997277029956911902010-07-21T18:29:00.000-07:002010-07-21T18:36:13.346-07:00Halacha Yomi(m) 99, 100 (last)-1) One may not get benefit from wine from a idol worshiper, or drink it, but from a Noahide- he may get benefit but not drink (Mishneh Torah, Sefer Kedusha, Hilchot Ma'achalot Asurot 11:7).<div>2) When a Jew converts out of Judaism, he needs a new conversion (Mapah, Yoreh De'ah 268:12). [We don't follow this p'sak today, rather one doesn't need a new conversion. This is brought down in Iggrot Moshe.]</div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-22458574749232290062010-07-19T12:37:00.000-07:002010-07-19T12:38:34.659-07:00Halacha Yomi 98-Anyone who wants may return to G-d (Tanya- Iggeret HaT'shuvah Perek 1. Deuteronomy 4:39).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-65635935207909066602010-07-18T15:35:00.000-07:002010-07-18T15:36:16.973-07:00Saying the names of false gods-One may not say the name of false gods, unless they are in the holy bible (Exodus 23:13, Sanhedrin 63b, Mishneh Torah, Sefer HaMadah, Hilchot Avodat Kochavim 5:11).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-81676824256620015002010-07-18T06:46:00.000-07:002010-07-18T06:48:38.239-07:00Halacha Yomi 97-A may not touch a women, and if done it would be punishable by Malkot- if there was a Sanhedrin (Mishneh Torah, Sefer HaMitsvot negative commandment 353).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-46969050098000184302010-07-17T20:42:00.000-07:002010-07-17T20:49:23.984-07:00D'var Torah Devarim-In this weeks Parsha, it speaks about G-d wiping out the other nations. If we look, in the Torah- we see many times that G-d talks about the amazing deeds & miracles he did for us. <div>Why must G-d emphasize this so much in the Torah?</div><div>In the Gemara, there is a story about a big Rabbi who was learning once, and a "spirit" came to him. This person was a Mumar (person that violated Shabbat in public, or worshiped false gods in public). The Rabbi asked him "how could you turn from G-d, when he did ALL those amazing miracles right in front of your face?"the man answered "if you were alive in this generation, you would run to kiss the gods' feet". </div><div>This teaches us not to be so judgmental of others who do bad things, and always be "Dan Lechaf Zechut- judge favorably".</div><div>We must not judge others, and always remember Hash-m is the judge not us! </div><div>Shabbat Shalom!</div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-74265610164221442392010-07-17T20:32:00.001-07:002010-07-17T20:40:24.344-07:00Halacha Yomi(m) 94, 95, 96-1) One may not wash clothes on Tisha B'av, even if it's his only clothing (Yalkut Yosef Moadim, page 559).<div>2) One may not drink or get benefit from wine of a idolater (Mishneh Torah, Sefer Kedusha, Hilchot Ma'achalot Asurot 11:7).</div><div>3) According to B'nei Ashkenaz, they light the candles of Shabbat then say the B'racha (Mapah, Orah Haim 263:5-Kaf HaHayim, Mahzik Bracha, Ben Ish Hai, and Kaf HaHayim). Minhag Sephardim is to light before (Kaf HaHayim Palagi, Maran Shulhan Aruch Orah Haim 263:5).</div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-68640126313411368932010-07-14T19:57:00.000-07:002010-07-14T19:59:31.439-07:00Halacha Yomi 93-A Jew that converts to Xianity, is separated from the congregation (Haim Be'Yad 99).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-64114479521048270362010-07-13T18:26:00.000-07:002010-07-13T18:28:11.015-07:00Halacha Yomi 92-It is a good S'gulah to say "VeYeten Lecha..." on Motsaei Shabbat (S'gulot Yisrael 1:20).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-4752605206228213792010-07-12T19:19:00.000-07:002010-07-12T19:22:35.912-07:00Halacha Yomi 91-One may not dry themselves with a towel, or sponge (Kitsur Ben Ish Hai, Parshat Pekudai Seif 5).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-44337030169281125062010-07-11T07:19:00.000-07:002010-07-11T07:23:50.972-07:00Halacha Yomi(m) 89, 90-1)In 'Nefillat Apayim' one should put their hand in their arms, but not fully[because that is against the Kabbalistic p'sak of the Ari] (Yitshak Yeranen Helek 5, Ot 24).<div>2) We is allowed to [but better not to] walk within the vicinity of four Amot without a headcovering (Iggrot Moshe, Helek Orah Haim 1).</div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-22667440281046201002010-07-09T07:37:00.000-07:002010-07-09T07:47:51.127-07:00D'var Torah, Matot Masei-It talks about in the Parsha, talking about the vows. <div>Let's talk about an important concept about being organized. </div><div>If someone sets up five minutes to learn a day.</div><div>He doesn't do less than those five minutes EVER, but if he wants he can do a little more.</div><div>Just never less than those five minutes, because if he does- than he will lose them, and never get them back.</div><div>So Hash-m isn't only talking about Nedarim, he wants us to be organized. </div><div>Why? </div><div>Because if we aren't organized, then we won't be able to live our life according to the Torah.</div><div>Every minute of our life should be accounted for. We should never waste time. The Nedarim aren't for Hash-m specifically, they are for our own good. </div><div>If we follow these Nedarim, then we will be good, and organized, and live a beautiful life of Torah.</div><div>The Hazon Ish, also talks about this a lot, and so does the Hatam Sofer. </div><div>So, if he keep the Nedarim, and have an organized life- we will be able to have a business, a set time for Torah etc...</div><div>We must always keep in mind, that if we love Torah- then we will be organized. </div><div>Organization is the key to success. </div><div>Look at all the successful Torah scholars, and business men- they are ALL organized.</div><div>Nedarim keep us organized, and that's what Hash-m wants. </div><div>Sometimes people think that the Mitsvot are for Hash-em's benefit, while that's not true it's for our own benefit. </div><div>If we keep in mind that the Mitsvot in the Torah are for our own needs, then we will be able to keep them easier.</div><div>May Mashiah` come in Z'chut of our Mitsvot!</div><div><br /></div><div>Shabbat Shalom.</div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-68538564188315299572010-07-09T07:35:00.000-07:002010-07-09T07:36:30.578-07:00Halacha Yomi 88-After Hatsot Hayom, on Tisha B'av it is correct not learn anything [Torah] (Kitsur Shulhan Aruch-Yalkut Yosef 551:1 Erev Tish B'av).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-86470902559126024392010-07-08T18:27:00.000-07:002010-07-08T18:29:44.824-07:00Halacha Yomi 87-If someone has two things that need the word "Amein" to be said- one should say "Amein, Amein" (Pri Hadash 10:1).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-16343695020720079062010-07-07T17:02:00.000-07:002010-07-07T17:05:01.798-07:00Halacha Yomi 86-There are some people from the B'nei Ashkenaz- that have a minhag not to wear Shabbat clothes on "Shabbat Hazon- Shabbat before Tish B'av" (Kitsur Shulhan Aruch, Yalkut Yosef 551:1).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-19403713404071801672010-07-06T15:12:00.000-07:002010-07-06T15:18:07.333-07:00Halacha Yomi 85-When there isn't a minyan (group of ten "kosher" men over 13) [usually people wait for a minyan to say Kaddish, before Baruch She'amar], the minyan should NOT say chapters of Tehillim (Kaf HaHayim Palagi 14:16).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-38709220237323226632010-07-05T14:11:00.000-07:002010-07-05T14:16:28.474-07:00Between 17 Tamuz and Tishah B'av-During the three weeks between 17 Tamuz, and Tishah B'av it is good to restrain from: listening to music(live, is not permitted), getting a haircut, shaving, or going swimming.<div><br /></div><div>During the week that Tishah B'av literally falls out we may not: eat meat, listen to music (live or not), get a hair cut, shave, or go swimming.</div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-47105479171911459002010-07-05T09:36:00.000-07:002010-07-05T10:30:40.473-07:00How to wash hands before a meal-According to the Ben Ish Hai, and the Rasha"sh- we make the blessing on our hands after washing our hands, but before drying them.<div>According to Rav Perets- we make the blessing before washing the hands.</div><div>Either way is Kashe`r. </div><div>The blessing is "Baruch Ata A-donai Elohenu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshanu BeMitsvotav VeTsivanu Al Netilat Yadayim".</div><div>Now the actual washing: Take the cup with the right hand, and pass it to the left hand.</div><div>Wash the hands three times on the right, then pass the cup over to the right, and wash three times on the left. [Some opinions differ, i.e.- 2, and 2]. Make sure it the water goes at least until the wrist.</div><div>After that- don't speak, and go immediately make the blessing on the bread "Baruch Ata A-donai E-lohenu Melech HaOlam HaMotsi Leh`em Min Ha'Aretz".</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozOPl8A3Qxk&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozOPl8A3Qxk&feature=related</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-64891210366032889252010-07-05T09:22:00.000-07:002010-07-05T09:32:02.174-07:00How to place a Mezuah on the door post-<div>According to the Sephardim, the Mezuzah is straight up.</div><div>According to Ashkenazim, the Mezuzah is slightly tilted. </div><div>Put the Mezuzah on the wall, hold it up- before putting in the last hit to finish the job, and say "Baruch Ata A-donai E-lohenu Melech HaOlam Asher Kideshana BeMitsvotav VeTsivanu LiK'boah Mezuzah."<br /></div><div>Then finish, and kiss it.</div><div>This is what the inside should look like (this is Ashkenaz, so if yours is Ari[Nusah` S'fard]- or Velish[Sephardic]).Before putting it in the case wrap it in some type of soft SEE-THROUGH paper. Make sure when wrapping it- to wrap from LEFT TO RIGHT. </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.seraphicpress.com/images/mezuzah_scroll-thumb.gif" /></div><div><img src="http://www.jewishbazaar.com/images_products/ceremonial-mezuzah-parchment-scrolls-sephardic-higher-quality-mezuzah-parchment-large-size-wjmp14-sephardic-1911big.jpg" /></div><div>This one is Sephardic.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhfnFWJxOXlYVSRlJKWqAI2UqqmbPSNXJAjxrhugDJR6HzyLL7cGtFyqj4lrfIkCOhXVq2ZVTWcC9Sixf9-2Mtan121cmy7TVS7mjGgFwmHitMp2LaCrta4KW-loZETF6hf7p905zyfY/s400/Mezuzah-(029)-big.jpg" /></div><div>This one is Nusah` S'fard. </div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw4HY0AzEDE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw4HY0AzEDE</a>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-81795138805981790312010-07-05T08:58:00.000-07:002010-07-05T09:34:46.500-07:00How to place Tallit; a little more info on it-<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY0irpMzSx_rNvLA93kR2vL_V97LYP8tfljByi7Sm-XZgm-ATFG3uLDFT9VsbKe41CRgF9BZkiRX_4i4Yf9gRejuPEH6VnRCFMbRL72sqzfEhiYMOkCDp2J7dGxps74HnDHel3r9Yco1d/s1600/tallit.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkY0irpMzSx_rNvLA93kR2vL_V97LYP8tfljByi7Sm-XZgm-ATFG3uLDFT9VsbKe41CRgF9BZkiRX_4i4Yf9gRejuPEH6VnRCFMbRL72sqzfEhiYMOkCDp2J7dGxps74HnDHel3r9Yco1d/s320/tallit.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490453951250431218" /></a><br /><img src="http://www.hebrew4christians.net/Blessings/Synagogue_Blessings/Donning_Tallit/tallis-ref.gif" /><img src="http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Prayer_Shawl.JPG/200px-Prayer_Shawl.JPG" /><div>The Tallit should be worn in the fashion above. </div><div>Rav David Yosef, Rav Ovadia, Maran Shulhan Aruch, R' Matsliah` Ma'azuz, Rav Yaacov Rokah`, and the Ari (and more) all agree that one should cover the head with the Tallit.</div><div>The Ari says that we must cover the Teffilin of the head with the Tallit, while Maran says not to.</div><div>Rav Matsliah` Ma'azuz brings both the opinions down, and says that we should follow the Ari.</div><div><br /></div><div>Putting on the Talit it'self- The Ben Ish Hai (Ba"h` Bereshit), and Rav Yitshak (Yalku"Y 8:22), and Maran- all agree on how to put on Tallit.</div><div>Take the Tallit, and hold it (some hold to kiss all four corners, and Rav Ovadia [Yehaveh Da'at 5, 1] holds to check the strings) then say the blessing. </div><div>Then take it, and put over the head, and take all four corners- put them in front, and take the right wing (2 corners) , and swing over your left shoulder[keep it there]. Then take the left wing (2 corners), and swing over the left shoulder. Now take both off, and while your putting it on- make sure it doesn't cover your mouth. </div><div>Ashkenaz- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcuIXuFns4s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcuIXuFns4s</a></div><div>Chabad- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_syhO_oR10k&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_syhO_oR10k&feature=related</a></div><div>Sephardic- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZhN9hplc8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZhN9hplc8</a></div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-6372273267536874582010-07-05T07:04:00.000-07:002010-07-05T09:34:10.962-07:00How to put on Teffilin-<div>[Fig. 1]</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUjZtO_n5u5uEw_CnpOgmViWFpo-mUCnwtN04SUSawZMWxagcuUyZo-ioY-Y2xcGas77d-74v-2sdtlUCmzG2PxDGWgmb4EobB4gdHplpQdA1fgMNPXY8Ftv57N_or0n6HoPaIrod4e25/s1600/taeffilin+hand+sephardi.bmp"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUjZtO_n5u5uEw_CnpOgmViWFpo-mUCnwtN04SUSawZMWxagcuUyZo-ioY-Y2xcGas77d-74v-2sdtlUCmzG2PxDGWgmb4EobB4gdHplpQdA1fgMNPXY8Ftv57N_or0n6HoPaIrod4e25/s320/taeffilin+hand+sephardi.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490428387331793090" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>[Fig. 2]<br /><div><img src="http://www.hasofer.com/html/img/tefillin/RoshPos01.jpg" /></div><div>[Fig. 3] </div><div><img src="http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/cjso//chabadwebsite/Tefillin_files/image008.jpg" /><div>The Rama, and Maran Shulhan Aruch both agree on how to place the Shel Rosh, and the Shel Yad [only the part of the acutal arm, but the hand- they are different].</div><div>The picture [Fig. 3] is the minhag (custom) of b'nei Ashkenaz(some customs differ).</div><div>[Fig. 1] is the minhag of b'nei Sephardi(some customs differ).</div></div></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw4HY0AzEDE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw4HY0AzEDE</a></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZhN9hplc8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DZhN9hplc8</a></div>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-89343215759344679222010-07-05T06:32:00.000-07:002010-07-05T06:35:27.269-07:00Halacha yomi 84-When one says "A-donai Melech..." they must stand up (Od Yosef Hai, Vayigash 1).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-70080273622089326932010-07-04T12:19:00.000-07:002010-07-04T13:19:09.876-07:00Jewish Mashiah`; the sign, and continuation-<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif';font-size:medium;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" dir="ltr"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><h1 align="center" class="bookPageTitle" style="color: rgb(0, 79, 157); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chapter 10: from the Rambam's Mishneh Torah. He is currently speaking about the Mashiah`. This is in Sefer Shoftim-Melachim U'Milchamomot.</span></h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img width="1" src="http://www.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" height="3" border="0" /></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><co:body co="www1.chabadonline.com/alpha1"><div class="co_body" style="margin-bottom: 3px; "><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541773" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 1</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile who inadvertently violates one of his commandments is exempt from all punishment with the exception of a person who kills inadvertently. In such an instance, the redeemer of the blood is not executed for slaying the killer, nor may the latter seek asylum in a </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="537932" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">city of refuge</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. However, the court will not execute him.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When does the above apply? When he inadvertently violates a command without sinful intention; for example, a person who engages in relations with his colleague's wife under the impression that she is his own wife or unmarried.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If, however, one knew that she was his colleague's wife, but did not know that she was forbidden to him or it occurred to him that this act was permitted or one killed without knowing that it is forbidden to kill, he is considered close to having sinned intentionally and is executed. This is not considered as an inadvertent violation. For he should have learned the obligations incumbent upon him and did not.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 2</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile who is forced by another person to violate one of his commandments is permitted to transgress. Even if he is forced to worship false gods, he may worship them. For gentiles are not commanded to sanctify God's name.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile minor, deaf-mute, or fool is never given punishment for they are not bound by any commandments.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 3</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile who converted, was circumcised, and immersed in the </span><i><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542624" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">mikveh</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, and, afterwards, decided to forsake God and revert to his previous status as a resident alien is not granted permission to do so. Rather, he must remain as an </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="540886" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Israelite</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> in all matters or be executed.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If he was a minor and immersed by the court, he may repudiate his conversion when he attains majority and assume the status of a resident alien alone. However, if he does not object as soon as he attains majority, he is no longer given the opportunity to object and his status is that of a righteous convert.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Therefore, if a Jew has relations with a girl below the age of majority who was immersed in the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">mikveh</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> by a court, the money due her as payment of her </span><i><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542214" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ketubah</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> or as a fine for raping her or seducing her is placed in the custody of the court until she attains majority and does not repudiate her conversion. This step is taken lest she take the money, attain majority, and then, repudiate her conversion. Thus, she would derive benefit as a gentile from monies to which she is only entitled according to Jewish law.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 4</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile who converts after cursing God's name, worshipping false gods, engaging in relations with a colleague's wife, or killing a fellow gentile is exempt from punishment.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In contrast, if he converted after killing a Jew or having relations with a Jew's wife, he is liable. He is decapitated for killing the Jew and strangled to death for engaging in relations with a Jew's wife. He is given the latter punishment because the laws governing him have changed.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 5</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It has already been explained that gentiles are always executed by decapitation except in cases when one engages in relations with the wife of a Jew or a consecrated maiden. In the latter instance, he is stoned to death.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If he engaged in relations with a Jew's wife after they married, but before they ever engaged in relations, he is executed by strangulation.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 6</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">According to the Oral Tradition, gentiles are forbidden to cross-breed animals and graft different species of trees together. However, they are not executed for violating this prohibition.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile who gave a Jew a blow is liable to die for causing even the most minimal damage. Nevertheless, he is not executed.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 7</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Only </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541695" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Abraham</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and his descendants were commanded regarding circumcision as Genesis 17:9-10 states: 'Keep My covenant, you and your offspring... circumcise every male.'</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The descendants of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541699" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ishmael</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> are excluded as implied by Genesis 21:12: 'It is through </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543434" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Isaac</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, that your offspring will be called.' </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543977" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Esau</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s descendants are also excluded, for Isaac told </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543411" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jacob</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> Genesis 28:4: 'May God grant Abraham's blessing to you and your descendants,' implying that only he is the true offspring of Abraham who maintains his faith and his upright behavior. Thus, they alone are obligated in circumcision.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 8</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our Sages related that the descendants of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541698" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Keturah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> who are the offspring of Abraham that came after Isaac and Ishmael are also obligated in circumcision. Since, at present, the descendants of Ishmael have become intermingled with the descendants of Keturah, they are all obligated to be circumcised on the eighth day. However, they are not executed for failure to perform this </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541776" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">mitzvah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 9</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">A gentile who studies the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543382" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Torah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is obligated to die. They should only be involved in the study of their seven </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541779" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">mitzvot</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Similarly, a gentile who rests, even on a weekday, observing that day as a</span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541724" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Sabbath</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, is obligated to die. Needless to say, he is obligated for that punishment if he creates a festival for himself.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The general principle governing these matters is: They are not to be allowed to originate a new religion or create mitzvot for themselves based on their own decisions. They may either become righteous converts and accept all the mitzvot or retain their statutes without adding or detracting from them.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If a gentile studies the Torah, makes a Sabbath, or creates a religious practice, a Jewish court should beat him, punish him, and inform him that he is obligated to die. However, he is not to be executed.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 10</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">We should not prevent a gentile who desires to perform one of the Torah's mitzvot in order to receive reward from doing so, provided he performs it as required. If he brings an animal to be sacrificed as a burnt offering, we should receive it.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If a gentile who observes the seven mitzvot gives charity, we should accept it from him. It appears to me that it should be given to the Jewish poor for the gentile may derive his sustenance from the Jews and they are commanded to support him if necessary. In contrast, if an idolater gives charity, we should accept it from him and give it to the gentile poor.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 11</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Jewish court is obligated to appoint judges for these resident aliens to judge them according to these statutes so that the world will not become decadent.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If the court sees fit to appoint the judges from the resident aliens themselves, they may. If it sees fit to appoint them from among the Jews, they may.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 12</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Should two idolaters come before you to have their dispute judged according to Jewish law. If they both desire to be judged according to Torah law, they should be judged accordingly. If one desires to be judged according to Torah law and the other does not, they are only forced to be judged according to their own laws.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If there is a dispute between a Jew and an idolater: If the Jew will fare better according to their laws, they are judged according to their laws. When the judgement is rendered, the judges explain: 'Your law obligates this judgement.' If the Jew will fare better according to our laws, they are judged according to Torah law. When the judgement is rendered, the judges explain: 'Our law obligates this judgement.' It appears to me that this approach is not followed in regard to a resident alien. Rather, he is always judged according to their laws.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Similarly, it appears to me that in regard to respect and honor and also, in regard to charity, a resident alien is to be treated as a Jew for behold, we are commanded to sustain them as </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="539968" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Deuteronomy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 14:21 states: 'You may not eat any animal that has not been properly slaughtered... give it to the resident alien in your gates that he may eat it.' Though our Sages counseled against repeating a greeting to them, that statement applies to idolaters and not resident aliens.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">However, our Sages commanded us to visit the gentiles when ill, to bury their dead in addition to the Jewish dead, and support their poor in addition to the Jewish poor for the sake of peace. Behold, </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542659" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Psalms</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 145:9 states: 'God is good to all and His mercies extend over all His works' and Proverbs 3:17 states: 'The Torah's ways are pleasant ways and all its paths are peace.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif';font-size:medium;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><h1 align="center" class="bookPageTitle" style="color: rgb(0, 79, 157); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chapter 11: the Rambam continues.</span></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img width="1" src="http://www.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" height="3" border="0" /></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><co:body co="www1.chabadonline.com/alpha1"><div class="co_body" style="margin-bottom: 3px; "><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541773" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 1</span></div><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In the future, the Messianic king will arise and renew the Davidic dynasty, restoring it to its initial sovereignty. He will build the Temple and gather the dispersed of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543234" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Israel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></p><p style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:16px;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Then, in his days, the observance of all the statutes will return to their previous state. We will offer sacrifices, observe the Sabbatical and </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542362" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jubilee</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">years according to all their particulars as described by the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543382" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Torah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Anyone who does not believe in him or does not await his coming, denies not only the statements of the other prophets, but those of the Torah and</span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543346" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Moses</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, our teacher. The Torah testified to his coming, as </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="539968" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Deuteronomy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">30:3-5 states:</span></p><blockquote><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">God will bring back your captivity and have mercy upon you. He will again gather you from among the nations... Even if your Diaspora is at the ends of the heavens, God will gather you up from there... and bring you to the land....</span></p></blockquote><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">These explicit words of the Torah include all the statements made by all the prophets.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Reference to </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541097" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mashiach</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> is also made in the portion of Bilaam who prophesies about two anointed kings: the first anointed king, </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543447" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">David</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, who saved Israel from her oppressors; and the final anointed king who will arise from his descendants and save Israel in the end of days. That passage Numbers 24:17-18 relates:</span></p><blockquote><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'I see it, but not now' - This refers to David;</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'I perceive it, but not in the near future;" - This refers to the Messianic king;</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'A star shall go forth from </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543411" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jacob</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">' - This refers to David;</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'and a staff shall arise in Israel' - This refers to the Messianic king;</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'crushing all of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="544179" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Moab</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s princes' - This refers to David as II</span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542612" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Samuel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 8:2 relates: 'He smote Moab and measured them with a line;'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'decimating all of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543953" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Seth</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'s descendants' - This refers to the Messianic king about whom </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="540820" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Zechariah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 9:10 prophesies: 'He will rule from sea to sea.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'</span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="544207" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Edom</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> will be demolished' - This refers to David as II Samuel 8:6 states 'Edom became the servants of David;'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">'Seir will be destroyed' - this refers to the Messianic king as</span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542394" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ovadiah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 1:21 prophesies: 'Saviors will ascend Mount Zion to judge the mountain of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543977" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Esau</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">....'</span></p></blockquote></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 2</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Similarly, with regard to the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="536612" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">cities of refuge</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, Deuteronomy 19:8-9 states: 'When God will expand your borders... you must add three more cities.' This command was never fulfilled. Surely, God did not give this command in vain.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There is no need to cite proofs from the works of the prophets for all their books are filled with mention of this matter.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 3</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One should not presume that the Messianic king must work miracles and wonders, bring about new phenomena in the world, resurrect the dead, or perform other similar deeds. This is definitely not true.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Proof can be brought from the fact that </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="539549" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rabbi Akiva</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, one of the greater Sages of the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541854" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mishnah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, was one of the supporters of King Bar Kozibah and would describe him as the Messianic king. He and all the Sages of his generation considered him to be the Messianic king until he was killed because of sins. Once he was killed, they realized that he was not the Mashiach. The Sages did not ask him for any signs or wonders.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The main thrust of the matter is: This Torah, its statutes and its laws, are everlasting. We may not add to them or detract from them.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 4</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If a king will arise from the House of David who diligently contemplates the Torah and observes its </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541779" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">mitzvot</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> as prescribed by the Written Law and the Oral Law as David, his ancestor, will compel all of Israel to walk in (the way of the Torah) and rectify the breaches in its observance, and fight the wars of God, we may, with assurance, consider him Mashiach.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If he succeeds in the above, builds the Temple in its place, and gathers the dispersed of Israel, he is definitely the Mashiach.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He will then improve the entire world, motivating all the nations to serve God together, as </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="540425" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Tzephaniah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 3:9 states: 'I will transform the peoples to a purer language that they all will call upon the name of God and serve Him with one purpose.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">If he did not succeed to this degree or was killed, he surely is not the redeemer promised by the Torah. Rather, he should be considered as all the other proper and complete kings of the Davidic dynasty who died. God caused him to arise only to test the many, as </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543212" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Daniel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 11:35 states: 'And some of the wise men will stumble, to try them, to refine, and to clarify until the appointed time, because the set time is in the future.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jesus of Nazareth who aspired to be the Mashiach and was executed by the court was also alluded to in Daniel's prophecies, as </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ibid.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 11:14 states: 'The vulgar among your people shall exalt themselves in an attempt to fulfill the vision, but they shall stumble.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Can there be a greater stumbling block than Christianity? All the prophets spoke of Mashiach as the redeemer of Israel and their savior who would gather their dispersed and strengthen their observance of the mitzvot. In contrast, Christianity caused the Jews to be slain by the sword, their remnants to be scattered and humbled, the Torah to be altered, and the majority of the world to err and serve a god other than the Lord.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Nevertheless, the intent of the Creator of the world is not within the power of man to comprehend, for His ways are not our ways, nor are His thoughts, our thoughts. Ultimately, all the deeds of Jesus of Nazareth and that Ishmaelite who arose after him will only serve to prepare the way for Mashiach's coming and the improvement of the entire world, motivating the nations to serve God together as Tzephaniah 3:9 states: 'I will transform the peoples to a purer language that they all will call upon the name of God and serve Him with one purpose.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">How will this come about? The entire world has already become filled with the mention of Mashiach, Torah, and mitzvot. These matters have been spread to the furthermost islands to many stubborn-hearted nations. They discuss these matters and the mitzvot of the Torah, saying: 'These mitzvot were true, but were already negated in the present age and are not applicable for all time.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Others say: 'Implied in the mitzvot are hidden concepts that can not be understood simply. The Mashiach has already come and revealed those hidden truths.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When the true Messianic king will arise and prove successful, his position becoming exalted and uplifted, they will all return and realize that their ancestors endowed them with a false heritage and their prophets and ancestors caused them to err.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif';font-size:medium;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><h1 align="center" class="bookPageTitle" style="color: rgb(0, 79, 157); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Chapter 12: he finishes off, and brings more interesting facts.</span></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img width="1" src="http://www.chabad.org/images/global/spacer.gif" height="3" border="0" /></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'MS sans serif'; "><co:body co="www1.chabadonline.com/alpha1"><div class="co_body" style="margin-bottom: 3px; "><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541773" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 1</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Do not presume that in the Messianic age any facet of the world's nature will change or there will be innovations in the work of creation. Rather, the world will continue according to its pattern.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Although </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542997" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Isaiah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 11:6 states: 'The wolf will dwell with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the young goat,' these words are a metaphor and a parable. The interpretation of the prophecy is as follows: </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543234" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Israel</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> will dwell securely together with the wicked gentiles who are likened to a wolf and a leopard, as in the prophecy </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541556" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Jeremiah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 5:6: 'A wolf from the wilderness shall spoil them and a leopard will stalk their cities.' They will all return to the true faith and no longer steal or destroy. Rather, they will eat permitted food at peace with Israel as Isaiah 11:7 states: 'The lion will eat straw like an ox.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Similarly, other Messianic prophecies of this nature are metaphors. In the Messianic era, everyone will realize which matters were implied by these metaphors and which allusions they contained.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 2</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Our Sages taught: "There will be no difference between the current age and the Messianic era except the emancipation from our subjugation to the gentile kingdoms."</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The simple interpretation of the prophets' words appear to imply that the war of Gog and Magog will take place at the beginning of the Messianic age. Before the war of Gog and Magog, a prophet will arise to inspire Israel to be upright and prepare their hearts, as </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542482" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Malachi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 3:22 states: 'Behold, I am sending you </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542719" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Elijah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He will not come to declare the pure, impure, or to declare the impure, pure. He will not dispute the lineage of those presumed to be of proper pedigree, nor will he validate the pedigree of those whose lineage is presumed blemished. Rather, he will establish peace within the world as</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ibid.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 3:24 continues: 'He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children."</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">There are some Sages who say that Elijah's coming will precede the coming of the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541097" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Mashiach</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. All these and similar matters cannot be definitely known by man until they occur for these matters are undefined in the prophets' words and even the wise men have no established tradition regarding these matters except their own interpretation of the verses. Therefore, there is a controversy among them regarding these matters.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Regardless of the debate concerning these questions, neither the order of the occurrence of these events or their precise detail are among the fundamental principles of the faith. A person should not occupy himself with the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Aggadot</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and homiletics concerning these and similar matters, nor should he consider them as essentials, for study of them will neither bring fear or love of God.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Similarly, one should not try to determine the appointed time for Mashiach's coming. Our Sages declared: 'May the spirits of those who attempt to determine the time of Mashiach's coming expire!' Rather, one should await and believe in the general conception of the matter as explained.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 3</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">During the era of the Messianic king, once his kingdom has been established and all of Israel has gathered around him, the entire nation's line of descent will be established on the basis of his words and the prophetic spirit which will rest upon him, as Malachi 3:3 states: 'He shall sit as a refiner and purifier.'</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">He will purify the lineage of the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541775" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Levites</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> first, stating 'He is a priest of defined lineage. He is a </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="542640" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Levite</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> of defined lineage.' Those whose lineage he will not recognize will be lowered to the status of </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="540380" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Israelites</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">. This is implied by </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="544065" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Ezra</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> 2:63: 'The governor said to them: 'They should not eat of the most holy things until a priest arises who will wear the </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">urim vitumim</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.' From this verse, you can infer that the prophetic spirit will be used to define and notify the pedigree of lineage.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">When he defines the lineage of the Israelites, he will make known their tribal lineage alone, stating: 'He is from this tribe and he is from another tribe.' He will not, by contrast, state concerning a person who is presumed to be of unblemished lineage: 'He is illegitimate or he is of slave lineage.' For the law is once a family has become intermingled with the entire Jewish people, they may remain intermingled.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 4</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Sages and the prophets did not yearn for the Messianic era in order to have dominion over the entire world, to rule over the gentiles, to be exalted by the nations, or to eat, drink, and celebrate. Rather, they desired to be free to involve themselves in </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="543382" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Torah</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and wisdom without any pressures or disturbances, so that they would merit the </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="538335" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">world to come</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">, as explained in</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hilchot </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541122" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Teshuvah</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">.</span></p></div><div class="co_halacha"><div class="halacha_number" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halacha 5</span></div><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In that era, there will be neither famine or war, envy or competition for good will flow in abundance and all the delights will be freely available as dust. The occupation of the entire world will be solely to know God.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Therefore, the Jews will be great sages and know the hidden matters, grasping the knowledge of their Creator according to the full extent of human potential, as Isaiah 11:9 states: 'The world will be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the ocean bed."</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This completes </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hilchot </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="541482" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Melachim</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and the entire text. Blessed be He who spoke and the world came into being as a whole, with all its particulars.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This concludes the fourteenth book, the Book of Judges. It contains five Halachot and eighty one chapters.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">HilchotSanhderin</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - 26 chapters,</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hilchot </span><span class="glossary_item" glossary_item="544073" style="text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: pointer; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Edut</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - 22 chapters,</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hilchot Mamrim</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - 7 chapters,</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hilchot Evel</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - 14 chapters,</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Hilchot Melachim</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> - 12 chapters.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">In the entire text, there are </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Halachot</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> and 982 chapters. Complete and perfect with praise to God, Creator of the World.</span></p><p style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; "><a href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1188343/jewish/Melachim-uMilchamot.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1188343/jewish/Melachim-uMilchamot.htm</span></a></p></div></div></co:body></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></p></div></div></co:body></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p></div></div></co:body></td></tr></tbody></table></span>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-36877296993627721442010-07-04T12:08:00.000-07:002010-07-11T14:30:59.305-07:00Jewish Mashiah`; the prophecies-<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 16px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.2em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">* The Sanhedrin will be re-established (Isaiah 1:26)<br />* Once he is King, leaders of other nations will look to him for guidance. (Isaiah 2:4)<br />* The whole world will worship the One God of Israel (Isaiah 2:17)<br />* He will be descended from King David (Isaiah 11:1) via King Solomon (1 Chron. 22:8-10)<br />* The Moshiach will be a man of this world, an observant Jew with "fear of God" (Isaiah 11:2)<br />*****In other words - this must all be accomplished in a human lifetime*****<br />* Evil and tyranny will not be able to stand before his leadership (Isaiah 11:4)<br />* Knowledge of God will fill the world (Isaiah 11:9)<br />* He will include and attract people from all cultures and nations (Isaiah 11:10)<br />* All Israelites will be returned to their homeland (Isaiah 11:12)<br />* Death will be swallowed up forever (Isaiah 25:8)<br />* There will be no more hunger or illness, and death will cease (Isaiah 25:8)<br />* All of the dead will rise again (Isaiah 26:19)<br />* The Jewish people will experience eternal joy and gladness (Isaiah 51:11)<br />* He will be a messenger of peace (Isaiah 52:7)<br />* Nations will end up recognizing the wrongs they did to Israel (Isaiah 52:13-53:5)<br />* The peoples of the world will turn to the Jews for spiritual guidance (Zechariah 8:23)<br />* The ruined cities of Israel will be restored (Ezekiel 16:55)<br />* Weapons of war will be destroyed (Ezekiel 39:9)<br />* The Temple will be rebuilt (Ezekiel 40) resuming many of the suspended mitzvot<br />* He will then perfect the entire world to serve God together (Zephaniah 3:9)<br />* Jews will know the Torah without Study (Jeremiah 31:33)<br />* He will give you all the desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4)<br />* He will take the barren land and make it abundant and fruitful (Isaiah 51:3, Amos 9:13-15, Ezekiel 36:29-30, Isaiah 11:6-9).<br />(Thanks to Mark S, D Aravah, and Plushy Bear)</span></span></div><h3 class="reference" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br /></h3></span>DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8073480689376284006.post-52988560324980801162010-07-04T07:04:00.000-07:002010-07-04T07:05:56.349-07:00Halacha Yomi 83-One must wear the Tallit over four corners of their body, they may NOT place all four in the front(Yehaveh Da'at H`elek 5 Halacha 1).DailyHalakhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823330300961866324noreply@blogger.com0