Tuesday, June 17, 2025

The Profound Messianic Implications of the Israel Iran War

Rabbi Mendel Kessin, new shiur


3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM

    Wow! and tomorrow night is 23 Sivan day in Megillas Esther that the decree annulled

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  2. AnonymousJune 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM

    Kohelet’s 28 “times” (214-year blocks) • Biblical events first, later world history
    Jewish years = “Anno Mundi” (AM). Gregorian ≈ AM – 3761.
    Key: ✓ clear echo · ≈ some echo · ✗ little / none · — future

    1. Born AM 1-214 – Creation, Adam & Chavah; first children → humanity “born”. ✓
    2. Die AM 215-428 – Cain-Abel murder; early generations pass away; no mass catastrophe. ✗
    3. Plant AM 429-642 – Gen 4 “men began …” (sowed idolatry); Mesopotamian field culture spreads. ≈
    4. Uproot AM 643-857 – Moral decline foretells Flood, but no great upheaval yet. ✗
    5. Kill AM 858-1071 – “Earth filled with violence” (Gen 6:11); endemic city-state wars in Sumer. ≈
    6. Heal AM 1072-1285 – No major biblical event; Old-Kingdom stability, early medicine in Egypt. ✗
    7. Break-down AM 1286-1500 – Flood year 1656 destroys world order; start of 4.2 k-yr climate shock. ✓
    8. Build-up AM 1501-1714 – Post-Flood repopulation; Tower of Bavel 1996; Avraham 1948; cities rebound. ✓
    9. Weep AM 1715-1928 – Destruction of Sodom (≈ 2048); regional famines; Bronze-Age distress. ≈
    10. Laugh AM 1929-2142 – Birth of Yitzchak 2048 (“laughter”); Middle-Bronze prosperity on Crete. ≈
    11. Mourn AM 2143-2357 – Jacob’s clan enters Egyptian servitude 2238; Hyksos turmoil. ✓
    12. Dance AM 2358-2571 – Exodus 2448, Song at the Sea, entry to Canaan 2488 → national celebration. ✓
    13. Cast-away AM 2572-2785 – Conquest/Judges smash idolatrous altars; Late-Bronze cities razed. ✓
    14. Gather AM 2786-3000 – David unites tribes; Shlomo builds 1st Temple 2928; regional state-building. ✓
    15. Embrace AM 3001-3214 – Relative peace under early monarchs; Assyrian-Phoenician exchange (Axial Age). ≈
    16. Refrain AM 3215-3428 – 1st Temple destroyed 3338; exile begins; Persian policy of limited autonomy. ✓
    17. Seek AM 3429-3642 – Prophecy wanes; Maccabean quest 3591; Hellenistic scientific exploration. ≈
    18. Lose AM 3643-3857 – 2nd Temple destroyed 3828; Jewish sovereignty lost; Roman-Jewish wars. ✓
    19. Keep AM 3858-4071 – Mishnah redacted ≈ 3960; codifying & “keeping” law during Pax Romana. ≈
    20. Cast-away AM 4072-4285 – Western-Rome falls 4111; far-flung Jewish diaspora spreads further. ≈
    21. Tear AM 4286-4500 – Early Islamic conquests (capture J’lem ≈ 4392) shred old borders & powers. ✓
    22. Sew AM 4501-4714 – Geonic era “stitches” global Torah centers; Islamic Golden-Age translations. ≈
    23. Silent AM 4715-4928 – Early-medieval Europe’s “quiet centuries”; sparse Jewish sources. ≈
    24. Speak AM 4929-5142 – Rashi, Rambam, scholastic universities, Mongol mail → knowledge explosion. ✓
    25. Love AM 5143-5357 – Renaissance & Safed mysticism (kabbalat ‘ol ahavah); but also Spain 1492 exile. ≈
    26. Hate AM 5358-5571 – Thirty-Years War, Chmelnitski massacres 5408, global colon-imperial brutality. ✓
    27. War AM 5572-5785 – Napoleonic, WW I & II, Cold & proxy wars, terror era. ✓
    28. Peace AM 5786-6000 – **Future TBD (2025-2239 CE).** —

    **Tally for the 27 completed slices**

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  3. AnonymousJune 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM

    I think "Die" is a clear echo-- the first murder in the history of the world.
    Esther

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