Geulah (redemption) is BOTH a physical and a spiritual state. There is the external manifestations of Geulah which the Rambam is talking about there and then there are physical and the inner purpose of Geulah which is spiritual which he talks about later.
Your concentration on the spiritual is actually a very dangerous idea. But I've already discussed that. Before I continue, lubab, answer me this. Is it possile in your hashkafa for 100 percent of the Jewish people to live in Eretz Yisrael and us still to be in a state of Galuth. Answer me that, please.
Can we really say today that the government in Israel which kicks it's own people out of their homes while putting the entire country in grave danger is a government that represents our freedom from foreign rule? The leaders in Israel are bribed and corrupt from top to bottom and contantly are willing to endanger the lives of the Jewish people for their own self-aggrendizement before the gentiles. This, to you, is Geulah?
The Rambam calls every Jewish leader from Hannukah to the Hurban under the term Malkhuth Yisrael. Besides the fact that NOT ONE of them was a halakhic king. The fact is that MOST of them were evil. Much more evil than today's Israeli leaders.
King Yannai crusified 900 Talmidei Chachamim on the the Road to Jerusalem.
My G-d, even Rabin and Sharon weren't that bad.
And don't even get me started on Herod.
And the Rambam calls them all Malkhuth Yisrael.
It appears we are still unfortunately, very much under "foreign rule", even in the Holy Land-physically and spiritually. The Erev Rav is in the drivers seat.
The Whole Spiritual Erev Rav concept is not a halakhic concept. It is a Kabalistic idea that is dangerous and indefinable. Notice how the Rambam doesn't call Yannai and Herod "Erev Rav". Just Malkhuth Yisrael, lubab. That's it.
In my opinion, if you just look at that part of the Rambam without any agenda you will conclude that out situation in Israel today does NOT qualify as an end to "Shibud Malchiyus". He is referring to a state of the world when we are free to learn Torah freely without fear of what the gentiles will do to us. We do not have that today.
You assume that I have an agenda and you do not.
That is quite an assumption.
And as far as learning Torah, there are more Yeshivot and Talmidim in Israel today than there ever were in the history of the world. So I don't know what you mean.
We still must have an army to protect our borders and we have to worry about people like Ahmedinijad Y"SVZ causing another holcoust RLT"L.
Every nation must have an army to protect it's borders. And every nation must fight enemies to survive. I hope you don't assume that life under the rule of King David was Galuth, lubab. He was known to have an army to protect borders and he fought enemies that wished to destroy Am Yisrael. I hope that you don't consider his reign Galuth, lubab. Because you will have a hard time explaining why we say "Chadesh Yamenu KiQedem" concerning his reign. I hope we are not trying to return the days of Galuth upon ourselves. Are we, lubab?
P.S. In all honesty I have never learned VaYoel Moshe but was basing my opinion of the sefer on the arguments I have heard from Satmar's that were drawn from the work. Admitedly, it may be a mistake to base my opinion of the sefer on that.
Yes, and also remember that he considered your Rebbe to be an apikoros. So, defending him is not something I thought that you would attempt on this forum.
Once again, I suggest that you listen to this shiur, lubab and then we can discuss it all you like.
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