QUESTION:
1) Does Mashiach have to be someone who grew up in this generation and who is an expert in the entire Torah and in every wisdom? Does he have all the good middos completely? Is such a thing possible in our generation…?
ANSWER:
Only after his efforts will he find every level. When he receives the Yechidah level of the soul, he will get everything. Before he reaches the Yechidah level of the soul, it is not certain that he will reach every level.
QUESTION
2) The Chida writes about the Arizal that the Arizal could only have attained his revelations because he received the ash of the Parah Adumah (red heifer) from Eliyahu HaNavi who purified him with it, which then gave the Arizal the ruach hakodesh to reveal the secrets of Torah. Will Eliyahu HaNavi also sprinkle the ashes of the Parah Adumah on Mashiach to grant Mashiach all of the wisdom that the Arizal reached? Or will Mashiach reach the wisdom in a different way? Or will it just come to him automatically?
ANSWER
The Ramchal writes that the Arizal attained the outer level of the higher wisdom (secrets of Torah) whereas the Ramchal attained the inner level of the wisdom. The Arizal needed the ashes of the Parah Adamah in order to attain the outer level of the wisdom, but the inner level of the wisdom doesn’t require these ashes. And that is why the Ramchal didn’t get these ashes of the Parah Adumah sprinkled on him – he didn’t need to. (However, Chazal said that there will be ten red heifers in history, and Mashiach will anoint the last red heifer. That is when the inner level will become fused with the outer level.)
QUESTION
3) If Mashiach won’t possess the qualities reached by the Arizal, then how will he be greater than everyone else?
ANSWER
He will attain “revelation of Eliyahu which becomes revealed in higher perceptions of the intellect”, as the Ramchal describes in the introduction to Tikkunim.
QUESTION
4) How will Mashiach be equally respected by every kind of frum Jew today when there are so many different mentalities and viewpoints today by all different types of frum Jewry? Can one person really contain all of them, even though each view contradicts the other? Or will Mashiach reveal one view that will unify everyone together?
ANSWER
Mashiach will show how all of the paths together complete one true path.
QUESTION
5) I know this question might sound babyish and perhaps I have childish notions about Mashiach, but this is my question, I really want to know. Will Mashiach be more handsome than Adam HaRishon?
ANSWER
Before he receives the Yechidah level of the soul, he will not be.
QUESTION
6) Can Mashiach be someone who is known or can he even be someone who is not known at all?
ANSWER
7) He does not need to be either of these.
QUESTION
8) Are there people who can be friends with Mashiach and to be closer to him? Are there people who Mashiach can tell his secrets to? I don’t mean his family members, I am asking about if Mashiach can have any close friends. Or, is all of Klal Yisrael equally loved by Mashiach?
ANSWER
Outwardly, it is possible that some can be closer to him than others. But inwardly, Mashiach loves every Jew equally.
QUESTION
2) The Chida writes about the Arizal that the Arizal could only have attained his revelations because he received the ash of the Parah Adumah (red heifer) from Eliyahu HaNavi who purified him with it, which then gave the Arizal the ruach hakodesh to reveal the secrets of Torah. Will Eliyahu HaNavi also sprinkle the ashes of the Parah Adumah on Mashiach to grant Mashiach all of the wisdom that the Arizal reached? Or will Mashiach reach the wisdom in a different way? Or will it just come to him automatically?
ANSWER
The Ramchal writes that the Arizal attained the outer level of the higher wisdom (secrets of Torah) whereas the Ramchal attained the inner level of the wisdom. The Arizal needed the ashes of the Parah Adamah in order to attain the outer level of the wisdom, but the inner level of the wisdom doesn’t require these ashes. And that is why the Ramchal didn’t get these ashes of the Parah Adumah sprinkled on him – he didn’t need to. (However, Chazal said that there will be ten red heifers in history, and Mashiach will anoint the last red heifer. That is when the inner level will become fused with the outer level.)
QUESTION
3) If Mashiach won’t possess the qualities reached by the Arizal, then how will he be greater than everyone else?
ANSWER
He will attain “revelation of Eliyahu which becomes revealed in higher perceptions of the intellect”, as the Ramchal describes in the introduction to Tikkunim.
QUESTION
4) How will Mashiach be equally respected by every kind of frum Jew today when there are so many different mentalities and viewpoints today by all different types of frum Jewry? Can one person really contain all of them, even though each view contradicts the other? Or will Mashiach reveal one view that will unify everyone together?
ANSWER
Mashiach will show how all of the paths together complete one true path.
QUESTION
5) I know this question might sound babyish and perhaps I have childish notions about Mashiach, but this is my question, I really want to know. Will Mashiach be more handsome than Adam HaRishon?
ANSWER
Before he receives the Yechidah level of the soul, he will not be.
QUESTION
6) Can Mashiach be someone who is known or can he even be someone who is not known at all?
ANSWER
7) He does not need to be either of these.
QUESTION
8) Are there people who can be friends with Mashiach and to be closer to him? Are there people who Mashiach can tell his secrets to? I don’t mean his family members, I am asking about if Mashiach can have any close friends. Or, is all of Klal Yisrael equally loved by Mashiach?
ANSWER
Outwardly, it is possible that some can be closer to him than others. But inwardly, Mashiach loves every Jew equally.
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