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    jewboy1
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    There is an interesting medrash at the back of the tanna devei eliyahu, that in the year when moshiach comes all the nations of the world will be fighting with each other and Iran will start a war with his neighbour and the neighbour will go to America to seek advice and the leader of Iran will then destroy part of the world, and the Jews will be frightened and say where shall we go and then moshiach will come.

    #1047049
    popa_bar_abba
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    So, actually what does it say? I mean, I see your interpretation, but also I’m curious what it says.

    #1047050

    It says america and iran in the medrash?

    #1047051
    Patur Aval Assur
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    It’s in ?????? ???? (it’s actually immediately preceeding the medrash about Moshiach on the roof of the Beis Hamikdash which was being discussed in another thread):

    ??? ??? ???? ??? ???? ????? ???? ?? ?? ???? ?????? ????? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ??? ????? ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? ????? ????? ??? ??? ????? ??? ??? ?????? ?? ?? ????? ???? ??? ????? ????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ?? ????? ?????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ????? ??? ?????? ???? ????? ??? ???? ?? ??????? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ????? ??? ??????? ???? ?? ??? ???????? ?? ????? ???? ??? ??? ??????? ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? ?? ????? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ??????? ?????? ????? ??? ????? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ??????? ?????? ?????

    There are some minor girsa hocks that don’t affect the meaning.

    The Medrash is also brought in Yalkut Shimoni Isaiah Remez 499

    #1047052
    Patur Aval Assur
    Participant

    self-edited

    #1047053
    popa_bar_abba
    Participant

    Yeah, cute interpretation, but seems more apropo for purim thank chanuka.

    America is edom?

    Is Iran threatening saudi?

    #1047054
    Patur Aval Assur
    Participant

    Disclaimer:

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/chronicle-moderations#post-549334

    Here is my above self-edited post, now unedited :

    If you translate ??? as Iran, ???? as His neighbor, ???? as America, and ?? ????? ???? as Part of the world, then Popa’s accusation is unwarranted.

    #1047055
    ☕ DaasYochid ☕
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    If ?? ????? ???? is literal, how can the rest of the medrash take place?

    #1047056
    ☕️coffee addict
    Participant

    ok, and therefore what?

    this doesnt show that moshiach is coming now, or in the next 20 years

    #1047058
    theprof1
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    Any medrash or chazal about moshiach and when he will come and what will happen is purely alegorical and can’t be taken at face value. There’s only one thing we do know. That after moshiach comes klal yisroel won’t have shibbud malchus from anybody but will be free and have a malchus in eretz yisroel. Each Jew will not have his own goyishe servant and we will all go on working and living. As an aside, Edom is never considered America. Usually that’s Russia. But keep on dreaming.

    #1047059
    popa_bar_abba
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    How do you know they are all purely alegorical? You privy to some information that we aren’t?

    #1047060
    golfer
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    Theprof,

    What makes you say America is not Edom? And Russia is?

    Can you back this up with any sources?

    Can anybody be sure who Edom is today? And aren’t most (or all) Western nations good candidates?

    (If anything, Russia is a huge country made up of different ethnicities, some of them with Asian or Semitic origins, so it would seem they might not be Edom.)

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