by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Mar 20, 2007 | Intermediate
To wrap up let’s recall that Ramchal started this book with the following in the original. “Many mighty and prodigious things will have to transpire, and a lot of preparations will have to be made before the redemption can come about.” And he went on...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Mar 8, 2007 | Intermediate
Drawing to a close of this remarkable work, Ramchal now touches upon a couple of other extraordinary things that will come about at the Great Redemption. Whereas while all the righteous Jewish leaders who’d preceded the advent of the Messianic era and had...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Feb 23, 2007 | Intermediate
This has been a very, very long and arduous exile for us indeed, which hasn’t escaped anyone’s attention. In fact, the idea that our people have seemingly been left to its own devices for all these many years has caused people to doubt G-d’s plans...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Feb 9, 2007 | Intermediate
As we said, the side of impurity hates the whole idea of the forces of goodness reconnecting with each other and bringing about peace, and it does whatever it can to undo that. But it has its limitations — thankfully. In fact, limitations and constrictions (as...
by Rabbi Yaakov Feldman | Jan 25, 2007 | Intermediate
Up to now we’d learned that all wrongs will be made right in the course of the redemption; we’ve read about the battle between the forces of right and wrong, and pointed out the good that wrong does on a certain level; and it’s been revealed to us...