It actually is against halacha. It’s kneged the Rambam and all of chazal. The mashiach isn’t a person who brings the geula. Rather, the person who brings the geula then becomes mashiach. Of course, Hashem brings the geula, but the mashiach will do the necessary steps he needs to do. Also, the Rambam says mashiach must be from Dovid and also Shlomo. Most people today who can trace themselves to Dovid, are not tracing from Shlomo too. It’s very rare actually to find someone who can say he’s from Shlomo, I’ve definitely never heard of anyone. There are probably only a handful of people like this. It’s a peleh because anyone who can trace to Dovid makes a big deal out of it. Maybe this is all part of hashgacha, so that the mashiach will be someone humble and not a big macher. Ani rochev al hachamor
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