מורנו הרה"ג אליהו בחבוט שליט"א
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on: Hello, Your Honor. Today (21 Adar 2 2022) Russian military forces entered Ukraine. And everyone says there’s a fear that if you keep invading other countries, that world war III will develop. What does Judaism say about that? Is this about the coming of the Mashiach? Is this the ‘Gog and Magog’ War? Is this the end of the world? I feel confused about this whole thing.  

:   First and foremost, it is necessary to know that according to Judaism there is no concept called “the end of the world”, but rather there is a transition to a better reality that is the post-redemption world, which is actually the true “beginning of the world”, but it is possible that before this transition there will be a period of “labor contractions” called by the sages ” the time of mashiach”.1″ And a very important prelude to the whole subject is the great rule written by the ‘rambam’ [2] regarding the descriptions of the processes of redemption as to what they will be, and so he writes: “And all these things and so on, a person will not know what they will be until they are, that things are closed even from the prophets.” There for you cannot connect this war to the redemption. Provocations between the two countries may inspire us to want a redemption However, in general, the sages said[ 3]: “Rabbi Elazar Bar Avona said, if you saw kings taunting each other, watch the feet of the Messianic King.”:  And Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman z”l[4]: explained  “It is not the intention of the sages to say that in such a situation the Messiah will surely come, since we have seen many times that the kingdoms have provoked each other and we have not yet won that the Messiah will come.” When you see a situation like this, there’s a greater chance to expect Mashiach. Therefore, there is always a charge to expect the Messiah, however, there are times that require more, and just as we have indicated that all year round there is a charge to strengthen and nevertheless there are detractors in this, and on ‘yomim noriam’ there is a greater charge and as stated in ‘shulhan aruch’ that in the ten days of repentance, one cannot eat ‘pat palter’ (a gentiles bread), since while being judged there should be a different and stronger behavemint. And so in this regard, there is always a charge to expect the Mashiach, but when we see that kingdoms provoke us, that means, from heaven they are calling us and awakens us that we will do something good, we will not only settle for knowledge and expectation only, but we will actually strengthen so that we can indeed achieve this result of the coming of the Mashiach. And this is even more true in the current year, the year of Shmita, that wars may inspire us to expect salvation, according to what the sages are supposed to [5]: “In the seventh year – wars. On the seventh night – Ben David in arriving.”[6]. Tradition of the g’aon mivillna (Genius of villna) – Russia will conquer neighboring countries near the coming of the Mashiach. Well, it is true that the war that has opened, in which Russia threatens to conquer Ukraine, can inspire us to observe the commandment of anticipation of salvation more than all the other provocations (and especially if there is subsequent tension between Russia and Turkey), since in the sermon given by the great genius Rabbi Moshe Shternbach Shalita (president of the Ultra-Orthodox community) in Purim 2014 he revealed to the public a tradition that he had a man from a man up to the genius Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l, That’s what he said[7]: “When you hear that the Russians have conquered Crimea, you will know that redemption begins already. And when you hear that the Russians have arrived in the city of Constantinople (Istanbul), then you will already wear Shabbat clothes, and do not take them off because at any moment the Mashiach is about to come.” And here in retrospect, we now understand the important significance (examining the “beginning of Mashiach’s time” – when we saw the Russians’ concur Crimea, since it is known that the fact that all the countries of the world have now made a coalition against Russia and brought soldiers and missiles to the region, etc., is due to the bitter experience of silence on the roads of Crimea, so that the root of the Third World War that may develop by continuing the events that have now begun, Started with Russia conquering Crimea. And apparently, since the first part of the tradition of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l has already existed, we understand that over time we will also see the second part, that Russia will also invade Turkey (and although at the time of writing there is still no tension between these two countries, the Creator in a moment could roll the development of events in such a way that a war between them develops). It should be noted that this tradition in the name of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l was already delivered about a hundred and fifty years ago by the genius Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac haber z”l, who was a student of the g’oen rabbi chaim from Volotzhin z”l, a quintessential disciple of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l [8]. In particular the “end” of the tradition, which Russia is also about to invade Turkey and this will be the final stage near the coming of the Mashiach, was probably received by some of the greatest rabbi’s, including the rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (steipler) in the book ‘orachot Rabbanu'[9, and Rabbi Yechiel Michal Feinstein z”l[10], < and more.0> and in the book ‘kilulat yofi’ [11]  wrote that three prophets were prophesied in one style, the Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l, the Holy Jew of piscah, And Rabbi Yisrael of Rozhin, all those three said literally in one wording, that when the Russians entered Turkia, we would need to wear shabat clothes in honor of the coming of the Mashiach. and it was brought more[12], that Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Rabikov (the “Holy Cobbler”) gave a bottle of wine to his neighbor (who is still alive today) and told him when you sew that there were sounds of war between Russia and Turkey open the bottle and make a “cheers” because this fact heralds the coming of the Mashiach, and see more later in our words of Rabbi Salman Motzfi Zatzkal. The war may develop into Russia’s war with the United States. Well, Russia’s intervention (together with its allies: Iran, and China) in a world war near the coming of the Mashiach (if such a war breaks out), is a possible reality that has quite a bit of backing in the sources, in light of the words of the Gemara Yoma [13] , that there will be a war between Persia and edom, and “Persia” is Iran and so is Russia included because these two nations (Iran and Russia) have the same spiritual root according to Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l [14] . And “edom” is the United States and Europe [15]. According to the sources, it also appears that China will be an active partner in a nuclear war against the United States and Europe in the last days according to the prophecy of The Rabbi of Carlin-Stalin about a century ago[16]. And there are even sources of possible Russian control of the Land of Israel near the coming of the Mashiach[17], as presented in the book ‘orachot rabbanu’ [18]: “And he told me (the Steipler z”l) on behalf of the Rabbi Aharli (Rata) z”l from Jerusalem, who said “that the harsh part of mashiach’s had already passed (in the Holocaust), and in the end Russians would rule the Land of Israel for 9 months, and then there would be only a lack of food, But bread and potatoes will be,”. and indeed in the gemara Sanhedrin[19, it says before mentioning the subject of a kingdom of conviction that would rule the Land of Israel for nine months, It is mentioned the possibility of a Persian military presence (which as stated includes Russia and Iran) significantly within the borders of the Land of Israel, after the invasion of Babylon (Iraq), and rashi interpreted there that during the ‘Gog and Magog’ war, Persia would invade Iraq (as has already happened) and from there to Eretz Israel.) and rabbi yisrael wintrov z”l accepted that the War of Russia and the United States is the War of ‘Persia and edom’, and ‘persia’ will fall in to the hands of edom because Russia uprooted religion from the Jewish people [20] . In the book of the righteous man brings in the name of the hidden righteous Rabbi Yosef Voltoch Z”l that one should pray that a war will break out between Russia and the United States, cause then Mashiach will come. President Gog and his country Magog – Putin and Russia? In fact, the possibility of a “Third World War” near the coming of the Mashiach is brought in the name of the chafetz Chaim, who may well be such a reality, which is the last stage of the “Gog and Magog War”[21]. In this context, it is advisable to mention the talmud yirushalmi megillah[22] , they said that the land of “meshoch” is Misia, and the penny Moses interpreted: “The Misia is ‘muskawe’. Which means Russia. And gog is the President of ‘meshoch and tuval’ (yechezkel 38 ).  And it is brought [23]  that rabbi even shafrut wrote as well the President of ‘meshoch and tuval’ since in the time of the geonim they knew that Russia is gog. And so the genius Rabbi Asher ben Yaakov in his book shemna lachmo (printed in Lvov 1944)[24], He wrote that Gog was a king who ruled Over Russia and Syria, which was said in the prophecy “[25],  “And you raised you from the back of the north and you on the mountains of Israel.”and see more[26]  That Russia would wage the Gog and Magog War[27]. And in the book of Ateret Zion (to Rabbi Ben Zion Motzfi Shalitta)[28] , he wrote: “And my father (Rabbi Salman Motzfi) Z”l said, it seems from all the books that the Kingdom of Gog is the state of today’ is “Russia”, which is located in the north of the world, and controls ancient races and tribes, ‘amalek’ and more, from seventy nations, and they will come with the great corps here, etc. and in the Land of Israel will fall and destroy, etc. In the book of the ‘hasid genius of Vilna’ (page 189), wrote when you see the Kingdom of Russia come on its ships to war, crossing the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey, you will wear shabat clothes, cause it is close to the coming of the Mashiach.”. [And in the book “hevlai Mashiach in our time”  [29] , he wrote: “We have received from the students of the Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l in the name of the genius, if the war  ships of the Kingdom of Russia cross the Bosphorus Strait (Hydrednells) one should wear Shabbat clothes, to tell you that the hour is then close to the coming of the Mashiach.” . And it may be compared to what is said in a new zohar [30, , that the nations of the world will come to fight Israel with warships and more, and the Creator will sink them at sea. [31]]. And the ‘devrai Yatziv’ wrote, the meaning of the verse[32] “, and I was judged with him in the word and in the blood and pouring rain and the stones of Algebish fire and sulfur Amatar on him and on his flanks and on many peoples with him” – that at the time of the end of redemption, the Russians and their allies would come in fighter jets departing from bases in Syria, to fight israel, but the Creator would shoot down the planes in the Meron area by ‘Avni al-Gavish’. Locating the Land of Magog according to the sources of History And even according to the sources of history, the hypothesis that President Gog is the President of Russia. As a preface, in verses yechezkel makes clear that President Gog will be the president of a country that includes several countries, so apart from the fact that he is the president of the “Land of the Magog” (because the Gog and Magog war is not Gog’s war against Magog as one might think from the simplicity of the tongue, but in the verses it is well established that this is a war waged by President Gog by his country of Magog and together with a broad coalition, which will fight against a coalition of other countries), It is also described in the verses that President Gog is “a president of the “meshoch and tuvel”. Rabbi Dr. Haim Shivli in the Book of Redemption Accounts [33] studied in the sources of history what are those places on which the Bible says that are the lands of Gog’s rule, and so are his words: “But if you look at the ancient history lists, it seems clear that the ancient peoples are: ‘Gomer’ and ‘Magog’ ‘meshoch’ ‘tuval’ and ‘meturgaman’, they are Coquesian peoples based in southern Russia. Josephus Ployus explains that ‘Magog’ the nation of Scythians,  a wild migratory tribes that descended from southern Russia, from the west through romania and bulgaria today, and from the east through Crimea and Rostov and the Land of the Khazars south of the Volga River to the north of Kokaz. In the writings of Sargon the King of Assyria and in the writings of Hirodot and Stravo, Tuval was remembered as a people sitting next door to the Scythians on the Side of The ‘meshoch’, in eastern Cappadocia and Cilicia (today Turkey), and they dispersed to the East and West and intervened among the peoples of Asia. According to Hieronymus, Magog is with the people sitting in the North Caucasus near the Caspian sea. According to Greek and Roman sources, meshoch (‘Duration’) is with the ‘Musakai’ that sits between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, and there are historians today who identify the meshoch (‘duration’) nation with the Georgian province close to the Georgian capital Tiflis. In yechezkiel (39) also recalls a ‘bait turgemah’ as a participant in the attack on Israel, ‘bait turgemah’ – according to a famous Armenian historian, he is one of the ancestors of the Armenian people and recalls Jeremiah Chapter 21, together with Ashkenazi and Ami Ararat and Minni, the word “Armenian” consists of two words: Ararat Minni, two districts of ancient Armenia (on the eastern border of Turkey) .and so it says “blow a shofar ba’goyim dedicated to war from the kingdoms of Ararat Mani and Ashkenazi” (Jeremiah 51:27). In Assyrian cuneiform writings, Ashkenazi is mentioned as “Ashkuza”, and Gomer is also called “Gumiri” as peoples based in the southern of Russia and northern of Kokaz. In the Jerusalem Talmud, Megillah (chapter 1) is called Gog by the name of Gautaya, as the goths who came out of the ancient Scythians and sat between the borders of Persia and Russia (Cyrus of Persia fought them unsuccessfully). Also in Arabic literature, etc., Gog and Magog are identified with the geographical demon of the Land of the Khazars in southern Russia, etc. From all of the above, it should be concluded that these peoples mentioned in Jeremiah Ezekiel 38:39 – as the peoples who come to attack Israel in the last days – are ancient peoples who all sat in southern Russia in the Scythian neighbors that stormed throughout the Near East and left great destruction everywhere 2500 years ago, Some of them intervened in the Balkan peoples (today Romania Bulgaria and Greece) and some of them remained close to the origin of his origin in the Caucasus and Armenia on the borders of Persia and Turkey, Between the caspian sea and the Black Sea. According to qualified Armenian historians, the word “cocks” consists of the two Armenian words “Gog-Hassan”, which means “resilience of the roof” of the high Kokz mountains. The Europeans disrupted this name “Gog-Hassan” and omitted the final “nun” and remained the name “Gog-hass” which also went wrong over time to Kokz.” And as far as the aforementioned sources (but at greater length) the scholar Zvi Shadai wrote in his book The Tribes of Jacob[34, and his conclusion is that the aforementioned one must have attracted the Caucasus people in Russia, and also see more [35] [36]. Important points to finish Accordingly, it is necessary to end from the kind of opening, since the manner in which salvation will come depends on the spiritual state of the People of Israel, therefore “and all these things and so on, a person will not know what they will be until they are” (as Maimonides put it above), and even if the war between Russia and Ukraine does not lead to any development, Mashiach can come at any moment without pre-signs (as stated[37] ” and suddenly will come to his hall the Lord whom you ask”), And it could already be today (and see also the article “When will the Mashiach come”), “and even though he will linger with all this, I will wait for him every day that comes”. In this way, it is appropriate to quote in this the holy words of rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, who wrote in what he said after discovering the aforementioned of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l tradition regarding Russia, as written in his book “teshuvot and hanagot ” [38]: “However, rabbi chaim from Brisk z”l added that it is up to us, that only we wake up and become stronger in the Torah and fear the Creator, then the Creator will listen to us at this time of desire for the coming of the Masiach, but if we do not appeal, then we will lose the time and the hour of fitness, and we will have to go through the hard time of the coming of messiah. And his words are clear that in all the times given to the coming of the Mashiach, it is not the intention that the Mashiach will come, etc., but rather the intention is that in these times we are able to act to bring about the coming of the Mashiach, and that The Mashiach stands at this time after ours and stands ready at any moment to come, and it is up to us that if we act to bring the Mashiach by strengthening the Torah and fearing the Creator purely,then it is capable of accepting him, But if we do not strengthen, then we will miss The Mashiach at this time, and we will have to go through difficult mashiach time. And when I was in England, one Jew from showed  me a copy of one of the additions he saw in the British Museum, “that Mashiach will surely come by the year – which is three hundred years before the end of 6000 to The Creator, and concluded that if he did not come, such troubles would come upon Israel that had not been since Israel was a Nation, since the Creator was angry with us”, Indeed, unfortunately, the terrible Holocaust that ensabed Many Millions of Jews followed the deth. And even at this time when it is time to act to the mashiach’s coming, it is necessary to fear that if one does not act to the coming of the Messiah, who knows what will be upon us, god mercy. While this is our consolation in this matter, since we have already passed the bulk of the period of exile, and we have not so much time, it is already possible to act to bring the Mashiach even by a few small rights, and as the saint chafetz chaim  explains according to a parable for a slave who has come to redeem himself, it depends that, if he has already been through most of his slavery, And there are only a few days of slavery left, so you only have to pay a little to redeem himself, but if he comes at the beginning of his days of slavery that he still has many years to work, then he must pay a high price, he said, and he also really does, even in the matter of the exile of the Jewish people, who have to redeem themselves by good deeds, which depends that in the past there were many more years until the end they actually needed many rights to gain redemption, But now that we are already at the end of exile and we do not have any time left, then we can redeem ourselves from exile and gain complete redemption even by a few rights, and therefore even though previous generations who were much more righteous and holy than, did not get to bring the Mashiach of our righteousness, but we can bring him by a little hassle and labor, Because we are already in the last generation, the generation of Mashiach.   And we will end with the words of the holy sages in the gemara Sanhedrin [39]: “What will a man do and be saved from the hard and tough time of the coming of mashiach? will deal with Torah and hassadim tovim.   sources: [1] סנהדרין דף צ”ח ע”ב. ואגב, יצויין כי רבי אלימלך מלז’ינסק זלה”ה בעל ה”נועם אלימלך” שהיום פקודת שנתו, בחיי חיותו פעל רבות (ע”י הפצת דרכי עבודת ה’ בעולם) כדי שהגאולה תוכל לבוא גם בלי חבלי משיח, כמובא בספר תולדות אדם (אוסטרובא) פרשת כי תצא ועוד ספרים. [2] בפי”ב מהלכות מלכים הל’ ב’. [3] פסיקתא זוטרתא פרשת לך לך פרק י”ד. ובבראשית רבה מ”ב ד’. [4] כאיל תערוג מועדים עמ’ שי”ז. [5] סנהדרין דף צ”ז ע”א. (ואולם רש”י שם פירש: “מלחמות – בין עובדי כוכבים לישראל” ע”כ. וא”כ לכאו’ מלחמת רוסיה – אוקראינה איננה בכלל זה. אך שאר המפרשים שנקטו דלאו דוקא בין ישראל לגויים, ועיין עוד בהמשך הדברים כאן שיתכן שתהיה מלחמה גם עם ישראל). [6] וע”ע במסכת מגילה דף י”ז ע”ב “ומה ראו לומר גאולה בשביעית? (פירוש: מדוע קבעו חז”ל שהברכה השביעית בתפילת העמידה תהיה “ברוך אתה ה’ גאול ישראל”). אמר רבא: מתוך שעתידין ליגאל בשביעית, לפיכך קבעוה בשביעית. והאמר מר: בששית – קולות, בשביעית – מלחמות, במוצאי שביעית בן דוד בא. – מלחמה נמי אתחלתא דגאולה היא (ופירש רש”י: “ואף על גב דהאי גאולה לאו גאולה דגלות היא, אלא שיגאלנו מן הצרות הבאות עלינו תמיד.” ע”כ). [7] קובץ סיני כרך קמ”ח עמ’ פ”ז. והדרשה נדפסה במלואה בעלון של הגר”מ שטרנבוך שיצא לאור מיד אחרי פורים תשע”ד. ושוב נדפסה חלק ממנה בספר תשובות והנהגות מועדים, תשעה באב עמ’ תכ”ג. [8] קובץ מסילות גליון י”ב – י”ג (אב אלול תשמ”ו) עמ’ כ”ד במאמרו של הרה”ג ר’ חיים דובער גולבסקי, וז”ל: “גם תלמידם המובהק בקבלה בעל “בנין עולם” אמר לפני מותו להמקובל רבי דוד לוריא מביחוב: כאשר הרוסים ינצחו את כל האי קרים וכו’, צפה לרגלי משיח. [9] אורחות רבינו ח”ה עמ’ קי”ד (בנדמ”ח): “עוד ספר לי מו”ר שראה נדפס שהגר”א ז”ל אמר כשהרוסים יכבשו את קונסטנטינופול יבא משיח.” ע”כ. [10] בספר שיחת יצחק (לידידינו המקובל רבי יצחק בצרי שליט”א) עה”ת פרשת לך לך עמ’ תק”ט בשם הגאון רבי יחיאל מיכל פיינשטיין זצוק”ל נכתב: “פעם אלת סיפר שיש קבלה בידיו מרבי חיים מוואלוזין, שכאשר החייל הרוסי הראשון ידרוך על אדמת קונסטנטינופול יבוא משיח, משום שמלחמת גוג ומגוג תהא בין רוסיה למדינה זו.” עכ”ל. [11] עמוד ש”ז. [12] עלון פטפוטין דאורייתא פרשת תצוה תשפ”ב. [13] דף י’ ע”א. ומהמשך דברי הגמ’ שם משמע שכל זה יתרחש לפני ביאת המשיח, אם כי אינו מפורש ממש. [14] בקובץ מסילות גליון י”ב – י”ג (אב אלול תשמ”ו) עמ’ כ”ד במאמרו של הרה”ג ר’ חיים דובער גולבסקי, וז”ל: סיפר אאמו”ז (הרה”ג ר’ שמחה זעליג ריגר זצ”ל שהיה ראב”ד אצל הגר”ח מבריסק זצ”ל – ומוזכר בספרו חידושי הגר”ח על הרמב”ם הל’ תפילין ועוד) זצוק”ל הי”ד: מקובלני עד תלמידי הגר”א וכו’ והגר”א הסביר לתלמידיו גדולי המקובלים, כי קליפת הרוסים היא דוביאל שירשו קליפת פרס. וכו’. ואמר להם, שמעתי מאחורי הפרגוד, שרוסיה תתגבר לפני ביאת הגואל וכל אומות העולם יפחדו ממנה. וכו’. [15] כידוע מרבינו דון יצחק אברבנאל ועוד, שהמדינות הנוצריות הם משורש “אדום”. והארכנו בזה בס”ד בספר “חזור ושושן” על ענייני גלות וגאולה. [16] ספר פרי ישע אהרן סי’ תצ”ו. מרי”ח ניחוח גליון תקס”א. [17] עפ”י האמור בגמ’ ביומא שם: “דאמר רב יהודה אמר רב: אין בן דוד בא עד שתפשוט מלכות רומי הרשעה בכל העולם כולו תשעה חדשים שנאמר לכן יתנם עד עת יולדה ילדה ויתר אחיו ישובון על בני ישראל.” ע”כ. וכן הוא בסנהדרין כדלקמן. [18] ח”א עמ’ רצ”ז (לפי עמודי המהדורא החדשה). [19] דף צ”ח ע”ב: “שאין כל דקל ודקל שבבבל שאין סוס של פרסיים נקשר בו, ואין לך כל ארון וארון שבארץ ישראל שאין סוס מדי אוכל בו תבן”. וכמובן כל הנושא של “סוס” ו”דקל” ו”ארון” הם על דרך המשל. [20] וע”ע בספר שיח שרפי קודש בנדר ח”ג סי’ ק”ח מביא תיאור של הרס אטומי במדינת רוסיה, וז”ל: “במגילת סתרים שגילה בו רבינו למוהרנ”ת וכו’ סדר ביאת הגואל, ידוע שאמר בו רבינו שלעתיד לא ישאר מכל מלכות רוסיה כי אם גבעה קטנה ועליה עץ קטן.” עכ”ל. [21] הגאון הציק רבי אליהו לופיאן זצוק”ל כתב בספר לב אליהו ח”ב עמ’ קע”ב וז”ל: “אני שמעתי בלונדון מפי הקדוש רבי אלחנן וסרמן זצוק”ל, שחז”ל אומרים שמלחמת גוג ומגוג תהיה שלושה פעמים, וזה היה אחרי המלחמה העולמית הראשונה. ואמר החפץ חיים, שהמלחמה הזאת (הראשונה) תהיה מלחמת גוג ומגוג הראשונה, ובעוד עשרים וחמש שנה בערך תהיה עוד מלחמה עולמית שניה, שהמלחמה הראשונה תהיה כאפס נגדה, ואח”כ תהיה מלחמת גוג ומגוג שלישית – עת צרה היא ליעקב, אבל ממנה יושע.” עכ”ל. [אלא שמעידים על כך שאח”כ החפץ חיים חזר בו מדבריו, וכפי שניכר גם ממה שמובא בספר לב אליהו ח”א עמוד קל”א: “כך אמר החפץ חיים, כי דור האחרון יהיה כל כך חלש ברוחניות, אשר אם יעשו לדור הזה עוד ניתוח של יסורים וגלות, עלול הדור הזה למות, ואם כן ההכרח להשיבנו עליו יתברך בעצה אחרת, ומוכרח כביכול הקב”ה לגאול אותנו כך בלי ניתוחים נוספים, והוא על ידי ביאת משיח צדקנו. כן אמר החפץ חיים ז”ל.” עכ”ל]. [22] פרק א’ הל’ ט’, דף ע”א ע”ב. [23] ספר נחקרה ונשובה עמ’ קמ”ג. [24] פרשת בלק דף קנ”ט ע”ד. [25] יחזקאל ל”ט ב’. [26] עמ’ רל”ב. [27] שיחת יצחק עה”ת פרשת לך לך עמ’ תק”ט. [28] ח”א דרוש ד’ עמ’ ק’. [29] עמ’ קל”ד. [30] פרשת כי תבא דף צ”ח ע”א. [31] וכך נאמר שם: “אבל זמינין כל בני עלמא למיתי עלייהו דישראל על ספינן דימא ויחשבון לשיצאה לון מן עלמא וכלהו טביעין גו ימא כמא דעבד ביומין קדמאין ותמן איהו חדוה סגיאה וכו’”. ע”כ. [32] יחזקאל ל”ח כ”ב. [33] עמ’ מ”ג. [34] סימן כ”ה וסימן כ”ו. [35] עמ’ ד’ ועמ’ ה’ הערה 15 ו-16. [36] בספר אנציקלופדיה לגיאוגרפיה תלמודית ח”ב עמ’ קי”ב, לאחר שציטט דברי הירושלמי שמגוג זו גותייא, כתב אודות זיהוי ארץ המגוג: ביחס לגותייא, כותב שליט, המתרגם של קדמוניות בהערה 107 לספר ראשון: “יתכן שהכוונה לגיתים (Gethae) שבחצי האי הבלקני”. אך אין זיהוי זה מתאים לכתובים ביחזקאל מדברים על מלך מגוג כעל שוכן ירכתי צפון (ל”ח ט”ו, ל”ט ב’). לעומת זאת אפשר אולי לקבל את דעת אייזענשטיין שכוונת הירושלמי היא אל “הגאטהים” שהם חלצי הסקיתים שישבו בראשונה באסיה מנהר ארקסות בארמניה על גבול פרס ורוסיה עד הרי קאוקז הנקרא בפי הארמנים Gog Hassan (חוסן גוג). החוקר רייניג בספרו (ח”ב 79) – ממשיך שם אייזענשטיין – מעיד שיושבי ההרים האלה קוראים אותם בשם: “גוג”, ואת מרום קצו הצפוני בשם: מדוד (אוצר ישראל ח”ג עמ’ 253).” עכ”ל. והדברים מתאימים מאוד לנאמר לעיל בשם הגר”א, שמבחינה רוחנית, פרס ורוסיה הם אומה אחת. [37] מלאכי ג’ א’. [38] תשעה באב עמ’ תכ”ג. [39] דף צ”ח ע”ב.

Question:

Hello, Your Honor. Today (21 Adar 2 2022) Russian military forces entered Ukraine. And everyone says there’s a fear that if you keep invading other countries, that world war III will develop. What does Judaism say about that? Is this about the coming of the Mashiach? Is this the ‘Gog and Magog’ War? Is this the end of the world? I feel confused about this whole thing.

 

Answer:

 

First and foremost, it is necessary to know that according to Judaism there is no concept called “the end of the world”, but rather there is a transition to a better reality that is the post-redemption world, which is actually the true “beginning of the world”, but it is possible that before this transition there will be a period of “labor contractions” called by the sages ” the time of mashiach”.1″

And a very important prelude to the whole subject is the great rule written by the ‘rambam’ [2] regarding the descriptions of the processes of redemption as to what they will be, and so he writes: “And all these things and so on, a person will not know what they will be until they are, that things are closed even from the prophets.” There for you cannot connect this war to the redemption.

Provocations between the two countries may inspire us to want a redemption

However, in general, the sages said[ 3]: “Rabbi Elazar Bar Avona said, if you saw kings taunting each other, watch the feet of the Messianic King.”:  And Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman z”l[4]: explained  “It is not the intention of the sages to say that in such a situation the Messiah will surely come, since we have seen many times that the kingdoms have provoked each other and we have not yet won that the Messiah will come.” When you see a situation like this, there’s a greater chance to expect Mashiach. Therefore, there is always a charge to expect the Messiah, however, there are times that require more, and just as we have indicated that all year round there is a charge to strengthen and nevertheless there are detractors in this, and on ‘yomim noriam’ there is a greater charge and as stated in ‘shulhan aruch’ that in the ten days of repentance, one cannot eat ‘pat palter’ (a gentiles bread), since while being judged there should be a different and stronger behavemint. And so in this regard, there is always a charge to expect the Mashiach, but when we see that kingdoms provoke us, that means, from heaven they are calling us and awakens us that we will do something good, we will not only settle for knowledge and expectation only, but we will actually strengthen so that we can indeed achieve this result of the coming of the Mashiach.

And this is even more true in the current year, the year of Shmita, that wars may inspire us to expect salvation, according to what the sages are supposed to [5]: “In the seventh year – wars. On the seventh night – Ben David in arriving.”[6].

Tradition of the g’aon mivillna (Genius of villna) – Russia will conquer neighboring countries near the coming of the Mashiach.

Well, it is true that the war that has opened, in which Russia threatens to conquer Ukraine, can inspire us to observe the commandment of anticipation of salvation more than all the other provocations (and especially if there is subsequent tension between Russia and Turkey), since in the sermon given by the great genius Rabbi Moshe Shternbach Shalita (president of the Ultra-Orthodox community) in Purim 2014 he revealed to the public a tradition that he had a man from a man up to the genius Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l, That’s what he said[7]:

“When you hear that the Russians have conquered Crimea, you will know that redemption begins already. And when you hear that the Russians have arrived in the city of Constantinople (Istanbul), then you will already wear Shabbat clothes, and do not take them off because at any moment the Mashiach is about to come.”

And here in retrospect, we now understand the important significance (examining the “beginning of Mashiach’s time” – when we saw the Russians’ concur Crimea, since it is known that the fact that all the countries of the world have now made a coalition against Russia and brought soldiers and missiles to the region, etc., is due to the bitter experience of silence on the roads of Crimea, so that the root of the Third World War that may develop by continuing the events that have now begun, Started with Russia conquering Crimea. And apparently, since the first part of the tradition of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l has already existed, we understand that over time we will also see the second part, that Russia will also invade Turkey (and although at the time of writing there is still no tension between these two countries, the Creator in a moment could roll the development of events in such a way that a war between them develops).

It should be noted that this tradition in the name of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l was already delivered about a hundred and fifty years ago by the genius Rabbi Yitzhak Isaac haber z”l, who was a student of the g’oen rabbi chaim from Volotzhin z”l, a quintessential disciple of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l [8]. In particular the “end” of the tradition, which Russia is also about to invade Turkey and this will be the final stage near the coming of the Mashiach, was probably received by some of the greatest rabbi’s, including the rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky (steipler) in the book ‘orachot Rabbanu'[9, and Rabbi Yechiel Michal Feinstein z”l[10], < and more.0> and in the book ‘kilulat yofi’ [11]  wrote that three prophets were prophesied in one style, the Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l, the Holy Jew of piscah, And Rabbi Yisrael of Rozhin, all those three said literally in one wording, that when the Russians entered Turkia, we would need to wear shabat clothes in honor of the coming of the Mashiach. and it was brought more[12], that Rabbi Moshe Yaakov Rabikov (the “Holy Cobbler”) gave a bottle of wine to his neighbor (who is still alive today) and told him when you sew that there were sounds of war between Russia and Turkey open the bottle and make a “cheers” because this fact heralds the coming of the Mashiach, and see more later in our words of Rabbi Salman Motzfi Zatzkal.

The war may develop into Russia’s war with the United States.

Well, Russia’s intervention (together with its allies: Iran, and China) in a world war near the coming of the Mashiach (if such a war breaks out), is a possible reality that has quite a bit of backing in the sources, in light of the words of the Gemara Yoma [13] , that there will be a war between Persia and edom, and “Persia” is Iran and so is Russia included because these two nations (Iran and Russia) have the same spiritual root according to Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l [14] . And “edom” is the United States and Europe [15]. According to the sources, it also appears that China will be an active partner in a nuclear war against the United States and Europe in the last days according to the prophecy of The Rabbi of Carlin-Stalin about a century ago[16].

And there are even sources of possible Russian control of the Land of Israel near the coming of the Mashiach[17], as presented in the book ‘orachot rabbanu’ [18]: “And he told me (the Steipler z”l) on behalf of the Rabbi Aharli (Rata) z”l from Jerusalem, who said “that the harsh part of mashiach’s had already passed (in the Holocaust), and in the end Russians would rule the Land of Israel for 9 months, and then there would be only a lack of food, But bread and potatoes will be,”. and indeed in the gemara Sanhedrin[19, it says before mentioning the subject of a kingdom of conviction that would rule the Land of Israel for nine months, It is mentioned the possibility of a Persian military presence (which as stated includes Russia and Iran) significantly within the borders of the Land of Israel, after the invasion of Babylon (Iraq), and rashi interpreted there that during the ‘Gog and Magog’ war, Persia would invade Iraq (as has already happened) and from there to Eretz Israel.) and rabbi yisrael wintrov z”l accepted that the War of Russia and the United States is the War of ‘Persia and edom’, and ‘persia’ will fall in to the hands of edom because Russia uprooted religion from the Jewish people [20] . In the book of the righteous man brings in the name of the hidden righteous Rabbi Yosef Voltoch Z”l that one should pray that a war will break out between Russia and the United States, cause then Mashiach will come.

President Gog and his country Magog – Putin and Russia?

In fact, the possibility of a “Third World War” near the coming of the Mashiach is brought in the name of the chafetz Chaim, who may well be such a reality, which is the last stage of the “Gog and Magog War”[21].

In this context, it is advisable to mention the talmud yirushalmi megillah[22] , they said that the land of “meshoch” is Misia, and the penny Moses interpreted: “The Misia is ‘muskawe’. Which means Russia. And gog is the President of ‘meshoch and tuval’ (yechezkel 38 ).  And it is brought [23]  that rabbi even shafrut wrote as well the President of ‘meshoch and tuval’ since in the time of the geonim they knew that Russia is gog. And so the genius Rabbi Asher ben Yaakov in his book shemna lachmo (printed in Lvov 1944)[24], He wrote that Gog was a king who ruled Over Russia and Syria, which was said in the prophecy “[25],  “And you raised you from the back of the north and you on the mountains of Israel.”and see more[26]  That Russia would wage the Gog and Magog War[27].

And in the book of Ateret Zion (to Rabbi Ben Zion Motzfi Shalitta)[28] , he wrote: “And my father (Rabbi Salman Motzfi) Z”l said, it seems from all the books that the Kingdom of Gog is the state of today’ is “Russia”, which is located in the north of the world, and controls ancient races and tribes, ‘amalek’ and more, from seventy nations, and they will come with the great corps here, etc. and in the Land of Israel will fall and destroy, etc. In the book of the ‘hasid genius of Vilna’ (page 189), wrote when you see the Kingdom of Russia come on its ships to war, crossing the Dardanelles Strait in Turkey, you will wear shabat clothes, cause it is close to the coming of the Mashiach.”.

[And in the book “hevlai Mashiach in our time”  [29] , he wrote: “We have received from the students of the Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l in the name of the genius, if the war  ships of the Kingdom of Russia cross the Bosphorus Strait (Hydrednells) one should wear Shabbat clothes, to tell you that the hour is then close to the coming of the Mashiach.” . And it may be compared to what is said in a new zohar [30, , that the nations of the world will come to fight Israel with warships and more, and the Creator will sink them at sea. [31]].

And the ‘devrai Yatziv’ wrote, the meaning of the verse[32] “, and I was judged with him in the word and in the blood and pouring rain and the stones of Algebish fire and sulfur Amatar on him and on his flanks and on many peoples with him” – that at the time of the end of redemption, the Russians and their allies would come in fighter jets departing from bases in Syria, to fight israel, but the Creator would shoot down the planes in the Meron area by ‘Avni al-Gavish’.

Locating the Land of Magog according to the sources of History

And even according to the sources of history, the hypothesis that President Gog is the President of Russia.

As a preface, in verses yechezkel makes clear that President Gog will be the president of a country that includes several countries, so apart from the fact that he is the president of the “Land of the Magog” (because the Gog and Magog war is not Gog’s war against Magog as one might think from the simplicity of the tongue, but in the verses it is well established that this is a war waged by President Gog by his country of Magog and together with a broad coalition, which will fight against a coalition of other countries), It is also described in the verses that President Gog is “a president of the “meshoch and tuvel”.

Rabbi Dr. Haim Shivli in the Book of Redemption Accounts [33] studied in the sources of history what are those places on which the Bible says that are the lands of Gog’s rule, and so are his words:

“But if you look at the ancient history lists, it seems clear that the ancient peoples are: ‘Gomer’ and ‘Magog’ ‘meshoch’ ‘tuval’ and ‘meturgaman’, they are Coquesian peoples based in southern Russia. Josephus Ployus explains that ‘Magog’ the nation of Scythians,  a wild migratory tribes that descended from southern Russia, from the west through romania and bulgaria today, and from the east through Crimea and Rostov and the Land of the Khazars south of the Volga River to the north of Kokaz.

In the writings of Sargon the King of Assyria and in the writings of Hirodot and Stravo, Tuval was remembered as a people sitting next door to the Scythians on the Side of The ‘meshoch’, in eastern Cappadocia and Cilicia (today Turkey), and they dispersed to the East and West and intervened among the peoples of Asia. According to Hieronymus, Magog is with the people sitting in the North Caucasus near the Caspian sea. According to Greek and Roman sources, meshoch (‘Duration’) is with the ‘Musakai’ that sits between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, and there are historians today who identify the meshoch (‘duration’) nation with the Georgian province close to the Georgian capital Tiflis.

In yechezkiel (39) also recalls a ‘bait turgemah’ as a participant in the attack on Israel, ‘bait turgemah’ – according to a famous Armenian historian, he is one of the ancestors of the Armenian people and recalls Jeremiah Chapter 21, together with Ashkenazi and Ami Ararat and Minni, the word “Armenian” consists of two words: Ararat Minni, two districts of ancient Armenia (on the eastern border of Turkey) .and so it says “blow a shofar ba’goyim dedicated to war from the kingdoms of Ararat Mani and Ashkenazi” (Jeremiah 51:27). In Assyrian cuneiform writings, Ashkenazi is mentioned as “Ashkuza”, and Gomer is also called “Gumiri” as peoples based in the southern of Russia and northern of Kokaz. In the Jerusalem Talmud, Megillah (chapter 1) is called Gog by the name of Gautaya, as the goths who came out of the ancient Scythians and sat between the borders of Persia and Russia (Cyrus of Persia fought them unsuccessfully). Also in Arabic literature, etc., Gog and Magog are identified with the geographical demon of the Land of the Khazars in southern Russia, etc.

From all of the above, it should be concluded that these peoples mentioned in Jeremiah Ezekiel 38:39 – as the peoples who come to attack Israel in the last days – are ancient peoples who all sat in southern Russia in the Scythian neighbors that stormed throughout the Near East and left great destruction everywhere 2500 years ago, Some of them intervened in the Balkan peoples (today Romania Bulgaria and Greece) and some of them remained close to the origin of his origin in the Caucasus and Armenia on the borders of Persia and Turkey, Between the caspian sea and the Black Sea. According to qualified Armenian historians, the word “cocks” consists of the two Armenian words “Gog-Hassan”, which means “resilience of the roof” of the high Kokz mountains. The Europeans disrupted this name “Gog-Hassan” and omitted the final “nun” and remained the name “Gog-hass” which also went wrong over time to Kokz.”

And as far as the aforementioned sources (but at greater length) the scholar Zvi Shadai wrote in his book The Tribes of Jacob[34, and his conclusion is that the aforementioned one must have attracted the Caucasus people in Russia, and also see more [35] [36].

Important points to finish

Accordingly, it is necessary to end from the kind of opening, since the manner in which salvation will come depends on the spiritual state of the People of Israel, therefore “and all these things and so on, a person will not know what they will be until they are” (as Maimonides put it above), and even if the war between Russia and Ukraine does not lead to any development, Mashiach can come at any moment without pre-signs (as stated[37] ” and suddenly will come to his hall the Lord whom you ask”), And it could already be today (and see also the article “When will the Mashiach come”), “and even though he will linger with all this, I will wait for him every day that comes”.

In this way, it is appropriate to quote in this the holy words of rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, who wrote in what he said after discovering the aforementioned of Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna z”l tradition regarding Russia, as written in his book “teshuvot and hanagot “ [38]:

“However, rabbi chaim from Brisk z”l added that it is up to us, that only we wake up and become stronger in the Torah and fear the Creator, then the Creator will listen to us at this time of desire for the coming of the Masiach, but if we do not appeal, then we will lose the time and the hour of fitness, and we will have to go through the hard time of the coming of messiah. And his words are clear that in all the times given to the coming of the Mashiach, it is not the intention that the Mashiach will come, etc., but rather the intention is that in these times we are able to act to bring about the coming of the Mashiach, and that The Mashiach stands at this time after ours and stands ready at any moment to come, and it is up to us that if we act to bring the Mashiach by strengthening the Torah and fearing the Creator purely,then it is capable of accepting him, But if we do not strengthen, then we will miss The Mashiach at this time, and we will have to go through difficult mashiach time.

And when I was in England, one Jew from showed  me a copy of one of the additions he saw in the British Museum, “that Mashiach will surely come by the year – which is three hundred years before the end of 6000 to The Creator, and concluded that if he did not come, such troubles would come upon Israel that had not been since Israel was a Nation, since the Creator was angry with us”, Indeed, unfortunately, the terrible Holocaust that ensabed Many Millions of Jews followed the deth. And even at this time when it is time to act to the mashiach’s coming, it is necessary to fear that if one does not act to the coming of the Messiah, who knows what will be upon us, god mercy.

While this is our consolation in this matter, since we have already passed the bulk of the period of exile, and we have not so much time, it is already possible to act to bring the Mashiach even by a few small rights, and as the saint chafetz chaim  explains according to a parable for a slave who has come to redeem himself, it depends that, if he has already been through most of his slavery, And there are only a few days of slavery left, so you only have to pay a little to redeem himself, but if he comes at the beginning of his days of slavery that he still has many years to work, then he must pay a high price, he said, and he also really does, even in the matter of the exile of the Jewish people, who have to redeem themselves by good deeds, which depends that in the past there were many more years until the end they actually needed many rights to gain redemption, But now that we are already at the end of exile and we do not have any time left, then we can redeem ourselves from exile and gain complete redemption even by a few rights, and therefore even though previous generations who were much more righteous and holy than, did not get to bring the Mashiach of our righteousness, but we can bring him by a little hassle and labor, Because we are already in the last generation, the generation of Mashiach.

 

And we will end with the words of the holy sages in the gemara Sanhedrin [39]: “What will a man do and be saved from the hard and tough time of the coming of mashiach? will deal with Torah and hassadim tovim.

 

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[1] סנהדרין דף צ”ח ע”ב. ואגב, יצויין כי רבי אלימלך מלז’ינסק זלה”ה בעל ה”נועם אלימלך” שהיום פקודת שנתו, בחיי חיותו פעל רבות (ע”י הפצת דרכי עבודת ה’ בעולם) כדי שהגאולה תוכל לבוא גם בלי חבלי משיח, כמובא בספר תולדות אדם (אוסטרובא) פרשת כי תצא ועוד ספרים.

[2] בפי”ב מהלכות מלכים הל’ ב’.

[3] פסיקתא זוטרתא פרשת לך לך פרק י”ד. ובבראשית רבה מ”ב ד’.

[4] כאיל תערוג מועדים עמ’ שי”ז.

[5] סנהדרין דף צ”ז ע”א. (ואולם רש”י שם פירש: “מלחמות – בין עובדי כוכבים לישראל” ע”כ. וא”כ לכאו’ מלחמת רוסיה – אוקראינה איננה בכלל זה. אך שאר המפרשים שנקטו דלאו דוקא בין ישראל לגויים, ועיין עוד בהמשך הדברים כאן שיתכן שתהיה מלחמה גם עם ישראל).

[6] וע”ע במסכת מגילה דף י”ז ע”ב “ומה ראו לומר גאולה בשביעית? (פירוש: מדוע קבעו חז”ל שהברכה השביעית בתפילת העמידה תהיה “ברוך אתה ה’ גאול ישראל”). אמר רבא: מתוך שעתידין ליגאל בשביעית, לפיכך קבעוה בשביעית. והאמר מר: בששית – קולות, בשביעית – מלחמות, במוצאי שביעית בן דוד בא. – מלחמה נמי אתחלתא דגאולה היא (ופירש רש”י: “ואף על גב דהאי גאולה לאו גאולה דגלות היא, אלא שיגאלנו מן הצרות הבאות עלינו תמיד.” ע”כ).

[7] קובץ סיני כרך קמ”ח עמ’ פ”ז. והדרשה נדפסה במלואה בעלון של הגר”מ שטרנבוך שיצא לאור מיד אחרי פורים תשע”ד. ושוב נדפסה חלק ממנה בספר תשובות והנהגות מועדים, תשעה באב עמ’ תכ”ג.

[8] קובץ מסילות גליון י”ב – י”ג (אב אלול תשמ”ו) עמ’ כ”ד במאמרו של הרה”ג ר’ חיים דובער גולבסקי, וז”ל: “גם תלמידם המובהק בקבלה בעל “בנין עולם” אמר לפני מותו להמקובל רבי דוד לוריא מביחוב: כאשר הרוסים ינצחו את כל האי קרים וכו’, צפה לרגלי משיח.

[9] אורחות רבינו ח”ה עמ’ קי”ד (בנדמ”ח): “עוד ספר לי מו”ר שראה נדפס שהגר”א ז”ל אמר כשהרוסים יכבשו את קונסטנטינופול יבא משיח.” ע”כ.

[10] בספר שיחת יצחק (לידידינו המקובל רבי יצחק בצרי שליט”א) עה”ת פרשת לך לך עמ’ תק”ט בשם הגאון רבי יחיאל מיכל פיינשטיין זצוק”ל נכתב: “פעם אלת סיפר שיש קבלה בידיו מרבי חיים מוואלוזין, שכאשר החייל הרוסי הראשון ידרוך על אדמת קונסטנטינופול יבוא משיח, משום שמלחמת גוג ומגוג תהא בין רוסיה למדינה זו.” עכ”ל.

[11] עמוד ש”ז.

[12] עלון פטפוטין דאורייתא פרשת תצוה תשפ”ב.

[13] דף י’ ע”א. ומהמשך דברי הגמ’ שם משמע שכל זה יתרחש לפני ביאת המשיח, אם כי אינו מפורש ממש.

[14] בקובץ מסילות גליון י”ב – י”ג (אב אלול תשמ”ו) עמ’ כ”ד במאמרו של הרה”ג ר’ חיים דובער גולבסקי, וז”ל: סיפר אאמו”ז (הרה”ג ר’ שמחה זעליג ריגר זצ”ל שהיה ראב”ד אצל הגר”ח מבריסק זצ”ל – ומוזכר בספרו חידושי הגר”ח על הרמב”ם הל’ תפילין ועוד) זצוק”ל הי”ד: מקובלני עד תלמידי הגר”א וכו’ והגר”א הסביר לתלמידיו גדולי המקובלים, כי קליפת הרוסים היא דוביאל שירשו קליפת פרס. וכו’. ואמר להם, שמעתי מאחורי הפרגוד, שרוסיה תתגבר לפני ביאת הגואל וכל אומות העולם יפחדו ממנה. וכו’.

[15] כידוע מרבינו דון יצחק אברבנאל ועוד, שהמדינות הנוצריות הם משורש “אדום”. והארכנו בזה בס”ד בספר “חזור ושושן” על ענייני גלות וגאולה.

[16] ספר פרי ישע אהרן סי’ תצ”ו. מרי”ח ניחוח גליון תקס”א.

[17] עפ”י האמור בגמ’ ביומא שם: “דאמר רב יהודה אמר רב: אין בן דוד בא עד שתפשוט מלכות רומי הרשעה בכל העולם כולו תשעה חדשים שנאמר לכן יתנם עד עת יולדה ילדה ויתר אחיו ישובון על בני ישראל.” ע”כ. וכן הוא בסנהדרין כדלקמן.

[18] ח”א עמ’ רצ”ז (לפי עמודי המהדורא החדשה).

[19] דף צ”ח ע”ב: “שאין כל דקל ודקל שבבבל שאין סוס של פרסיים נקשר בו, ואין לך כל ארון וארון שבארץ ישראל שאין סוס מדי אוכל בו תבן”. וכמובן כל הנושא של “סוס” ו”דקל” ו”ארון” הם על דרך המשל.

[20] וע”ע בספר שיח שרפי קודש בנדר ח”ג סי’ ק”ח מביא תיאור של הרס אטומי במדינת רוסיה, וז”ל: “במגילת סתרים שגילה בו רבינו למוהרנ”ת וכו’ סדר ביאת הגואל, ידוע שאמר בו רבינו שלעתיד לא ישאר מכל מלכות רוסיה כי אם גבעה קטנה ועליה עץ קטן.” עכ”ל.

[21] הגאון הציק רבי אליהו לופיאן זצוק”ל כתב בספר לב אליהו ח”ב עמ’ קע”ב וז”ל: “אני שמעתי בלונדון מפי הקדוש רבי אלחנן וסרמן זצוק”ל, שחז”ל אומרים שמלחמת גוג ומגוג תהיה שלושה פעמים, וזה היה אחרי המלחמה העולמית הראשונה. ואמר החפץ חיים, שהמלחמה הזאת (הראשונה) תהיה מלחמת גוג ומגוג הראשונה, ובעוד עשרים וחמש שנה בערך תהיה עוד מלחמה עולמית שניה, שהמלחמה הראשונה תהיה כאפס נגדה, ואח”כ תהיה מלחמת גוג ומגוג שלישית – עת צרה היא ליעקב, אבל ממנה יושע.” עכ”ל. [אלא שמעידים על כך שאח”כ החפץ חיים חזר בו מדבריו, וכפי שניכר גם ממה שמובא בספר לב אליהו ח”א עמוד קל”א: “כך אמר החפץ חיים, כי דור האחרון יהיה כל כך חלש ברוחניות, אשר אם יעשו לדור הזה עוד ניתוח של יסורים וגלות, עלול הדור הזה למות, ואם כן ההכרח להשיבנו עליו יתברך בעצה אחרת, ומוכרח כביכול הקב”ה לגאול אותנו כך בלי ניתוחים נוספים, והוא על ידי ביאת משיח צדקנו. כן אמר החפץ חיים ז”ל.” עכ”ל].

[22] פרק א’ הל’ ט’, דף ע”א ע”ב.

[23] ספר נחקרה ונשובה עמ’ קמ”ג.

[24] פרשת בלק דף קנ”ט ע”ד.

[25] יחזקאל ל”ט ב’.

[26] עמ’ רל”ב.

[27] שיחת יצחק עה”ת פרשת לך לך עמ’ תק”ט.

[28] ח”א דרוש ד’ עמ’ ק’.

[29] עמ’ קל”ד.

[30] פרשת כי תבא דף צ”ח ע”א.

[31] וכך נאמר שם: “אבל זמינין כל בני עלמא למיתי עלייהו דישראל על ספינן דימא ויחשבון לשיצאה לון מן עלמא וכלהו טביעין גו ימא כמא דעבד ביומין קדמאין ותמן איהו חדוה סגיאה וכו'”. ע”כ.

[32] יחזקאל ל”ח כ”ב.

[33] עמ’ מ”ג.

[34] סימן כ”ה וסימן כ”ו.

[35] עמ’ ד’ ועמ’ ה’ הערה 15 ו-16.

[36] בספר אנציקלופדיה לגיאוגרפיה תלמודית ח”ב עמ’ קי”ב, לאחר שציטט דברי הירושלמי שמגוג זו גותייא, כתב אודות זיהוי ארץ המגוג: ביחס לגותייא, כותב שליט, המתרגם של קדמוניות בהערה 107 לספר ראשון: “יתכן שהכוונה לגיתים (Gethae) שבחצי האי הבלקני”. אך אין זיהוי זה מתאים לכתובים ביחזקאל מדברים על מלך מגוג כעל שוכן ירכתי צפון (ל”ח ט”ו, ל”ט ב’). לעומת זאת אפשר אולי לקבל את דעת אייזענשטיין שכוונת הירושלמי היא אל “הגאטהים” שהם חלצי הסקיתים שישבו בראשונה באסיה מנהר ארקסות בארמניה על גבול פרס ורוסיה עד הרי קאוקז הנקרא בפי הארמנים Gog Hassan (חוסן גוג). החוקר רייניג בספרו (ח”ב 79) – ממשיך שם אייזענשטיין – מעיד שיושבי ההרים האלה קוראים אותם בשם: “גוג”, ואת מרום קצו הצפוני בשם: מדוד (אוצר ישראל ח”ג עמ’ 253).” עכ”ל. והדברים מתאימים מאוד לנאמר לעיל בשם הגר”א, שמבחינה רוחנית, פרס ורוסיה הם אומה אחת.

[37] מלאכי ג’ א’.

[38] תשעה באב עמ’ תכ”ג.

[39] דף צ”ח ע”ב.

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  1. The king of the north invading Ukraine is fulfilling Daniel 11:40-45 The gog of Magog attack in revelation 20:8 is right at the end of Daniel 11:45 so I think the answer is yes .

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