QUESTION:
1)What did the Rav mean that the counterforce to Gog and Magog in the final days is the power of ahavah/love which is becoming more revealed in the end of days, a deep feeling of unity with the heart of every Jew?
ANSWER:
It is a connection to “Klal” Yisrael – to the collective unit of the Jewish people – as opposed to a connection to Jews on an individual level.
QUESTION
2) What is the source of this concept?
ANSWER
It is the “50th Gate of Holiness”, the all-inclusive gate, the collective unit which is above all individual parts.
QUESTION
3) Where is this deep love today that is becoming more revealed? All we are seeing is more and more separation between people, where people are so distant from each other, full of unwarranted hatred that is so rampant today. (Especially because each person today is so absorbed in himself.) So where is the love and unity that is being revealed in Klal Yisrael now in the end of days?
ANSWER
From the individual’s point of view, there is separation today between one individual Jew and another. But from the collective view, there is a connection between all Jews. For example, there are many tzedakah organizations today, which connects so many Jews together. This is a result of the great spiritual light of the collective unit of Klal Yisrael that is becoming more revealed. Another example is Daf Yomi, which connects together tens of thousands of Jews in the same endeavor, and this creates an inner connection with each other.
QUESTION
2) What is the source of this concept?
ANSWER
It is the “50th Gate of Holiness”, the all-inclusive gate, the collective unit which is above all individual parts.
QUESTION
3) Where is this deep love today that is becoming more revealed? All we are seeing is more and more separation between people, where people are so distant from each other, full of unwarranted hatred that is so rampant today. (Especially because each person today is so absorbed in himself.) So where is the love and unity that is being revealed in Klal Yisrael now in the end of days?
ANSWER
From the individual’s point of view, there is separation today between one individual Jew and another. But from the collective view, there is a connection between all Jews. For example, there are many tzedakah organizations today, which connects so many Jews together. This is a result of the great spiritual light of the collective unit of Klal Yisrael that is becoming more revealed. Another example is Daf Yomi, which connects together tens of thousands of Jews in the same endeavor, and this creates an inner connection with each other.
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