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Reprise
<p>This goal, when will we reach it?</p>
<blockquote><p><i>It was once far, but now it is near.</i></p></blockquote>
<p>When will we hold it in our hands?</p>
<blockquote><p><i>When we will open our eyes to see it is already here.</i></p></blockquote>
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Daily ThoughtThe present state of the world is called "gola". The state of the world as it will soon be is called "geula". The two words are exactly the same, except that “geula” has the letter "alef" inserted in the middle. “Alef” means “master”. It also means “one”. To make gola into geula, we only need reveal the alef— the One Master of the Universe who is hidden within the artifacts of our present world.
—The Rebbe Reprinted from
365 Meditations of the Rebbe by Tzvi Freeman
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We live in our modern times, some 2000 years distant from the destruction of Jerusalem, the Holy Temple and the exile of our people from our land. It is almost impossible for ... |
 The Holy Temple, a.k.a. the Beit Hamikdash, was the football-stadium-sized, multi-level, indoor-outdoor structure that was the nucleus of Judaism, its most sacred site. The problem with the word “temple” is that Indiana Jones got to it. Today, whenever I say “temple,” I guarantee you’ll picture jungle, torches, hieroglyphics and dark foreboding stone entranceways. Tzvi freeman explains what the real Temple was all about.
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Most of the Jewish people are so scattered and removed from each other that they hardly ever find a common language, or even any language that makes sense to them as Jews. This is what is called assimilation, which is basically the loss of their common heritage. We therefore have to try to reach some deeper levels of the soul, many of them bordering on the unconscious, to help us get back to talking together, to having some kind of a common language.
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The emotion of love has been the subject of poets and romantics for centuries. We need not enter into any analysis of that topic, but, as it relates to loving a fellow Jew, some kind of specific definition is obviously necessary.
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How long will the messianic epoch last? Will people live forever? Will there be a radical transformation in nature? Will the Messiah die? What will life be like? This essay offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of Moshiach according to Maimonides.
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It may cause dismay and serve as somewhat of a disappointment that, in the opinion of Maimonides, the messianic era will not be all that miraculous. This does not in any way lessen the magnitude of change that will embrace the world at that time. On the contrary, the Maimonidean theory provides a highly probable scenario in which the messianic era can easily follow the extraordinary changes that are already part of modern-day society.
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In this age of egalitarian and liberal thinking, how can Jews still promote what is to many intellectuals a shameful and vainglorious sentiment of being the chosen nation? How can Jews preach to the world that they are better than everyone else? |
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