Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky at his home in the city of Bnei Brak, on July 15, 2021. Photo by Yaakov Nahumi/Flash90
Zechariah 12:3 “ And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it
Important Takeaways:
- ISRAEL’S TOP RABBI HINTS: RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR IS SIGN OF MESSIAH’S ARRIVAL
- Rabbi Elazar bar Avinah said, ‘If you see kingdoms taunting each other, you can anticipate the footsteps of the Messiah.” The Midrash bases this on the age of Abraham in which kings were battling each other which culminated in Abraham’s “redemption”.
- It should be noted that Rabbi Kanievsky is a mainstream Torah scholar and never made any public statements predicting the arrival of the Messiah. This changed in 2015 when, at the age of 87, Rabbi Kanievsky declared the Messiah was imminent. This message was accompanied by the rabbi urging that the Jews in exile return to Israel immediately.
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