[Avodah] Chizkiyahu's Reforms

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 09:50:21PM +0200, Ben Waxman via Avodah wrote:
: Makes me wonder why exactly was Hezqiyahu eligible to be Moshiach,
: had he been able to sing Shira. His failure to bring about real
: reform, the disaster that Ashur brought to Eretz Yisrael, his split
: with Yeshiyahu - how does this add up to someone who should have
: been Moshiach? Compared to these issues, his inability to sing Shira
: in the face of disaster was the minor problem, no?

I dunno. Look at David haMelekh. He had what to do teshuvah for as well.
(Yeah, yeah, I know, kol ha'omer David chatah... But let's look at the
navi's presentation of David, if not the historical figure.)

However, he owned his mistakes, did teshuvah. And indeed, excelled at
singing shirah. It seems there is a big difference between someone who
errs, but stays connected to the Borei through it all well enough to
be moved to song, and someone who doesn't.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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