[Avodah] Moshiach Ben Yosef
Ben Waxman via Avodah
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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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