[Avodah] ikkarim: mashiach

[hankman]

The Torah is not for Angels -- or is it? by Rabbi Hanan Balk @ YU Torah Online

http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/722767/Rabbi_Hanan_Balk/The_Torah_Is_Not_for_Angels--Or_Is_It

This drasha relates strongly to the question I raised back in issue #238.

The three concepts of Yimos HaMoshiach, Techias HaMeisim and Olam Haba and their inter-relation and the differing understanding of them by the Rambam and the Ramban relates strongly to the issue I raised. If I  understand correctly that according to the Ramban, the 3 are all (sort of?) rolled into one, then Yimos Hamoshiach (= Techias HaMeisim?)  is the zeman of the ultimate gemul. But then the gemara about the sole differences between Yimos Hamoshiach and Olam Hazeh is a problem. ( I vaguely recall an opinion that he holds that there are two phases to Yimos Hamoshiach in order to answer this.) But according to the Rambam who holds that they are 3 distinct periods my issues remain. Apparently, according to R. Balk, these   issues (or similar variations on a theme) were raised against the Rambam and he wrote the Maamar Techias HaMeisim in response to these issues. (Though according to the Rambam I am still not sure what the resolution to the issue is.)

Clearly these are devarim amukim.


Kol tuv

Chaim Manaster
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