[Avodah] What Was R Akiva doing & Thinking whilst this plague decimated his Talmidim

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 03:02:52PM +1000, Meir Rabi wrote:
: But I asked this according to the traditions that appear to be the common
: Yeshivishe perspective, it was due to the fact that they did not accord
: one another the respect they ought to have.

How does that answer change whether the question is:
- Why did HQBH send a plague through R' Aqiva's talmidim (eg Rashi)?
or
- Why did HQBH let the war effort fail?

In fact, according to R' Hai Gaon, it would seem we are discussing the
entire reason by Bar Kokhva failed, and thus why we weren't ready for
the geulah yet. (And still aren't, unless something happens between my
typing and the next digest being sent out.)

BTW, no man has 24,000 talmidim muvhaqim. We should probably be thinking
of an educational system, or a R' Aqiva-led movement, rather than people
he taught personally.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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