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Rashi on Daniel 7:25: Moshiach in 2011?!
muman613:
Your post incited my interest in the author Baal Hamaor, and I found a bit of info about him:
http://www.rabbiwein.com/Rabbi-Zerachya-Halevy-the-Baal-Hamaor--brJews-of-Provence-P551.html
--- Quote ---Rabbi Zerachya Ha Levy, who was known for his great work, the Baal Ha Maor, was a Spanish Jew who came to Provence as a young man and achieved a reputation there for his genius and scholarship. In the great Jewish tradition of give-and-take intellectual debate, he and his contemporary, the Ravid III, wrote numerous books critiquing each other on many issues in Jewish Law and philosophy. Though he remained somewhat of an outsider among the rabbis of Provence, he brought the Spanish flavor of Torah study to the community and had a distinct and powerful influence.
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Here is some discussion of his decisions concerning calculation of dates:
http://www.koltorah.org/ravj/The%20International%20Date%20Line%20and%20Halacha.htm
--- Quote ---Location of the Halachic Date Line
The Halachic Date Line is possibly different than the International Date Line. The reason for this, is that the current International Date Line was rather arbitrarily drawn in 1921 by the British Admiralty [1], while certain Gedolim such as the Baal Hamaor who lived in the 12th century refer to the Halachic Date Line. So, on the topic as to the location of the Kav Hataarich there is much debate amongst twentieth century Poskim, including the Chazon Ish, Rav Yechiel Michel Tukatzinsky, Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rav Yonassan Shteif, the Sefer Haibur, Rav Dovid Shapiro, and Rav Yonah Merzbach [3].
The earliest authority to address this issue is the Baal Hamaor. He brings up the topic based on a Gemara (Rosh Hashanah 20b) regarding the topic of Kiddush Hachodesh, the sanctification of the new month. The Baal Hamaor explains that Bait Din has until noon on the day that they see the molad, new moon, to declare Rosh Chodesh on that same day. However, if it is after noon, then Rosh Chodesh is on the next day. This explanation would only make sense if the Halachic Date Line was at the Kitze Hamizrach which is 90° east of Jerusalem. This is so because the reason why the Baal Hamaor said noon is because that is the last time in Israel that somewhere else in the world that the day is just starting. In order for Rosh Chodesh to be on that day, it must be possible for Rosh Chodesh to last 24 hours somewhere in the world. Since noon is 18 hours into the day (starting from sunset on the night before), the place where the day is just starting is 18 hours to the west of Israel which is 270° west of Israel because every time zone is made up of 15°. So, the place where the new day starts, or the Halachic Date Line, must be six hours to the east of Jerusalem which is also 90° east of Jerusalem. This Line is on the 125E meridian [4].
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Tag-MehirTzedek:
--- Quote from: Kahane-Was-Right BT on December 15, 2010, 08:37:03 PM ---Well, I'll say one thing, it's great to have a rabbi here in the Torah section!
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This guy is not a legit "Rabbi". Sorry, what he says is kookooo. (And I'm not the type to bash rabbis, or people in general) but I just listened to his "shiur" on Gillad Shalit and he is insane (And says giving 1,000 terrorists for 1 is "Halacha Lemiseh") (besides all these calculations he makes on the "Geulah" and Moshiah.)
The most painful thing and battle in the future for the Jewish people would have to be cleaning up our own leaders. This is a war, not just with the Arabs any longer, not just with the internationals, but for the hearts and minds of (our) people. And people like Katz, is in the way and is a mental impediment to our future redemption.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
--- Quote from: Tag-MahirTzedek on October 23, 2011, 04:05:08 PM --- This guy is not a legit "Rabbi". Sorry, what he says is kookooo. (And I'm not the type to bash rabbis, or people in general) but I just listened to his "shiur" on Gillad Shalit and he is insane (And says giving 1,000 terrorists for 1 is "Halacha Lemiseh") (besides all these calculations he makes on the "Geulah" and Moshiah.)
The most painful thing and battle in the future for the Jewish people would have to be cleaning up our own leaders. This is a war, not just with the Arabs any longer, not just with the internationals, but for the hearts and minds of (our) people. And people like Katz, is in the way and is a mental impediment to our future redemption.
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Lol I was trying to be nice. I agree that what he says is not serious, however.
Tag-MehirTzedek:
--- Quote from: Kahane-Was-Right BT on October 25, 2011, 01:13:16 PM ---Lol I was trying to be nice. I agree that what he says is not serious, however.
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The problem isn't that its not serious, sometimes it IS SERIOUS, when and if others take it and follow it. I personally emailed him stating my disgust with his positions and that he's teaching non-sense. He asked me if their is something specific I want him to talk about (make a shiur) I didn't get back to him, but personally I wont tell him anything because the less of him the better for all of Am Yisrael.
Im just stating this here for some of the people here not to take him seriously becuase his positions are out of line with the REAL Torah.
Daniel Michael ben Avraham:
We all know that after our Temple was destroyed nevuah was given over to children and fools. No one but Hashem knows when things will happen. It depends largely on what we do and what we merit.
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