[Avodah] The Rambam and Eliyahu haNavi

[Ben Waxman]

Is there any ikkar, any belief, that the Rambam holds, which are not based 
on clear sources?

Ben
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon at gmail.com>
> Assume (for the purpose of argument) that Rambam held that there would
> *definitely* be a “Mashiach ben Yosef”.  What could he possibly have
> said on the subject of identifying such a person, or what this person
> would do, or any halachic ramifications of this fact?  I can think of
> nothing, beyond a vague, “such a character will appear on the world
> stage, do unspecified things, and possibly get himself killed.”
>
> If you think Rambam should have said that (I don’t), only then is his
> silence on the matter telling.
>