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LC- I’m not sure who gave you the right to ‘expect’ anything. It’s not my ‘approach’ as if I made this one up and am trying to see if it’s viable- it’s our tafkid, tachlis, and avodah.
CS- I decided after the last thread not to answer any of your posts that pertain to Judaism ( though we can discuss potato kugel), seeing as you’ve been pre-programmed and brainwashed to a frightening extent. Just thought I should at least let you know why I’m not replying.
Laskern- Never did I imply that it’s unimportant to want to give nachas ruach to Hashem. My post was a simple rebuttal to the notion that it’s our job to sit and deliberate how to bring Moshiach. It’s not. We want him to come, we yearn for him to come, and we understand that doing what Hashem wants from us the best way make that happen, but in no way does that become our avodah. Spend time horeving on a R’ Akiva Eiger, not mulling ways to bring Moshiach. I once heard a mashal, I believe bisheim R’ Elya Svei, though it may have been someone else. Spoiler alert: it’s a mashal to describe the way traditional judaism feels about chabad, but I’m not bringing it here for that, but to make my point. A king once notified a simple village person that he intended to visit his home on a certain day and stay for a short while. Obviously, the average hovel was in no condition to receive the king, so the derfel yid (why not make him a jew) and his wife began preparing their humble home to receive his majesty. As they worked, it became evident they would not finish in time. For every repair they made, the kids, or chickens, or goats, or village drunk, managed to break something else, sending them into a never ending spiral of break-and-repair. When the day arrived, there was still much to be done, and no time to finish. While the children rushed outside to receive the king, the wife asked her husband, who had remained indoors, frantically trying to accomplish what he could, why he, too, didn’t go greet the monarch. The husband replied,” It’s for children to go singing and dancing in front of the king when he comes- I have to make sure His home ican be considered a dwelling place of the king.”
That’s what we’re doing- not figuring out eitzos to bring Moshiach, but readying this world to receive him.