[Avodah] Ten Tribes (was Yovel)

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 03:02:36PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
> It's been a while since I learned the fourth perek of Kiddushin, but I 
> thought it was Mashiach who was going to identify tribes by Ruach  
> HaKodesh.  Am I mistaken?

As I recently commented upon, the mishnah (end of Edios) and gemara
(Qiddishin 71a) say it's Eliyahu, the Rambam (Melakhim 12:3) says it
will be mashiach. I suggested based on this that maybe the Rambam
considers the "Eliyahu" whose arrival is foretold is a symbol for a
navi, and not the person who ascended alive in particular. In which
case, he could hold that the Eliyahu who comes before Yom Hashem is a
prophetic melekh.

See the discussion at
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/getindex.cgi?section=R#RAMBAM%20AND%20ELIYAHU%20HANAVI>
(or <http://bit.ly/mr4srs>), I'm referring to the opening post.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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