Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

Arso,

“ALL seforim that deal with Avodas Habirurim explain that once it is finished Mashiach comes immediately. Even Lubavich seforim say the same. Please enlighten us by quoting a sefer that explains that there can be a delay between the two. I admit I haven’t learnt everything, but everything I have learnt points to what I wrote, and I would like to see another viewpoint… if there is one.”

That’s not one name or one quote. I’ve come across the concept many times in Chassidus Chabad, and the general context was that we need to finish up Avodas Habirurim during golus. I never saw it promise that the minute it’s finished, we enter Geula Shleima.

Again I could be wrong, so I asked you to support your premise which you didn’t.

The Rebbe was saying according to Torah logic, that should have been it, but it wasn’t and that’s not understandable. That doesn’t mean Hashem makes no sense but this fact is not understandable even according to Torah logic.

We have a whole category of mitzvos which are beyond our logic but all have deep meaning. Shlomo HaMelech understood all but the Para Aduma.