[Avodah] Moshiach Ben Yosef

Ben Waxman via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Fri Mar 4 04:40:59 PST 2016


Not true, but this is a common fallacy.

The hesped wasn't so much about Herzl at all, it was more about Rav 
Kook's take on the Messianic process. Rav Kook called Herzl's early 
death a "k'ein moto shel Mashiach Ben Yosef".

Rav Kook definitely did not accept at all Herzl's declaration that 
"Zionism has nothing to do with religion" and saw his early death as 
symbolizing the death of this disconnect that Herzl wanted between the 
spiritual and physical redemption.

Ben

On 3/3/2016 6:49 AM, Isaac Balbin via Avodah wrote:
>   Rav Kook held that Herzl was Moshiach Ben Yosef, and that
> it didn't need to even be a religious person.




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