Question:
1) It is quoted in the name of the Baal Shem Tov that he davened that the Geulah should come with mercy and not with killings and warlike scenarios, and he also davened that every Jew should merit to see the Geulah,. It is quoted in his name that he succeeded with his prayers in nullifying the harsh decrees concerning the events preceding the Geulah. Therefore, why did the Rav say that it’s also possible that the Geulah can happen through middas hadin? Also, why does the Rav say that only those who disconnect themselves from the Internet will be zocheh to the Geulah?
Answer:
As the Galus continued longer, and the 50th Gate of tumah descended onto the world, there became an additional need for hamtakah (sweetening) that didn't exist before.
Question:
2) Besides for disconnecting from the 50th level of tumah - which the Rav defines as the use of internet and media - are there any other criteria that a person needs, in order to be zocheh to the Geulah?
Answer:
There is a verse, “Seek righteousness, seek humility, and perhaps you will be saved, on the day of the wrath of Hashem.” We need to disconnect from the very root of all evil [the use of media and internet], and we also need to “await the salvation of Hashem”, and to connect ourselves to the concept of the light of the Redemption. That is the main way to prepare for the Redemption - besides for keeping the mitzvos, which is always needed, throughout all of the duration of Galus.
Question:
3) It seems from the Rav’s words that the final avodah of Klal Yisrael at the end of Galus is to separate from anything to do with Internet and media use. Does this correspond to Mashiach ben Yosef (showing mesirus nefesh) or Mashiach ben Dovid (humility and self-nullification), or Moshe (who represents both Mashiachs together), or Eliyahu (who represents the teshuvah that needs to be done before the Geulah)?
Answer:
That is a very beautiful
Question:
. The use of media (internet) is the all-inclusive evil, and therefore in order to fight it and separate ourselves from it, we need to use every aspect of holiness in our arsenal, to counter the all-inclusive evil of the use of media. However, on a subtle level, the avodah to separate from media use corresponds to Mashiach ben Dovid, who is called the very havayah (existence) of all created beings, and who is the bridge between all created beings and the Creator.
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