QUESTION:
It is said today by many Gedolim and tzaddikim that the Other Side (Sitra Achra) itself is the smartphone, because “smartphone” hints to the Samech Mem, an acronym for Samael, or the Satan, the accusing angel who heads the side of evil (the Sitra Achra). Does this have anything to do with the final enemy of the Jewish people who will come at the end of the war of Gog and Magog, whose name is Armilos, whose role is to kill Mashiach ben Yosef and who will eventually be defeated by Mashiach ben Dovid? And is this because the internet and all media devices are essentially the final battle against Klal Yisrael?
ANSWER:
Yes. The physical description of Armilos is that he has a big eye and a small eye, and according to another view he has seven eyes, because he represents the yetzer hora to stray after one’s eyes [in contrast to Yosef HaTzaddik, who is called the “good eye”, and who represents holy eyes that are careful not to observe lewdness, and that is why Armilos is the counterforce to Yosef HaTzaddik and by extension Mashiach ben Yosef], and straying after one’s eyes is the entire idea of internet and all media devices.
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