<div dir="ltr"><<<span style="font-size:12.8px">I think it's because Bar Kochva was not preceded by a Moshiach ben Yosef.>></span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">There is also Hezekiah who could have been moshiach. Others seem also to have been considered a potential Moshiach without the appearance of a Moshiach Ben Yosef<br clear="all"></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif">Eli Turkel</font></div></div>
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