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7/25/2024
Note will send off 3 queries to different Ask the Rabbi today
in two parts: When Moses at the L-d direction lead the 1st Exodus from Egypt only about 20% of Jews left--does the Torah explain why did the other 80% refuse to leave? Also starting with the Shoah of 80 years ago of Jewish Communites in Europe and continuting with the exodus to Israel of 90% of Jews in Arab/Muslin lands--is this present day exodus seen by devout Jews as a forerunner in the coming of the anointed one?
received 07/25/2024
Chabbad No 6328923
B"H
Hi ,
What great questions!
The answer to your first question can be found in Midrashic teachings such as Shemos Rabbah, Targum Yonason, Tanchuma, and Sefer HaYashar. In short, there were millions of Israelites who had collaborated with the Egyptians and gained much power and wealth. As such, they didn't want to leave. This is alluded to in Rashi's commentary on the verse that describes the plague of darkness (Exodus 10:22 https://www.chabad.org/9871).
The second question is much more complicated and there are various viewpoints that range from one extreme to the other. The Talmud (Megillah 17b https://www.chabad.org/5447990) uses the term 'Ischalta d'Geula' to describe events that signal the commencement of the redemption. The context of the Talmudic discussion is the redemption on an individual level, however, the term is also used to refer to the redemption on a national level. The debate among "devout Jews" is how we interpret the events of the past 80 years.
Maimonides teaches in Mishneh Torah, Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 11 https://www.chabad.org/1188356, the events that must happen for us to know with certainty that redemption has begun and is complete. May it be speedily in our times!
Please feel free to respond with any further questions or comments you may have.
All the best,
Rabbi Dov Stein
New book from Chabad.org!
Letters for Life: Guidance for Emotional Wellness
Inspired by the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Learn more at https://www.chabad.org/Books
On 07/28/2024 received this answer from Aish Torah Ask A Rabbi
Dear
Thank you for contacting us. Our Rabbis explain to us that the 80 percent were so entrenched into their reality and culture of Egypt that they simply lost the will to leave. Regarding the current reality, yes, most traditional Jews view the current return to the land as the forerunner to our ultimate redemption.
With blessings from Jerusalem
Rabbi Yoni Miller
Aish.com
https://secure.aish.com/emaillists/JoinAish.php to get all the great new content
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Some things never change
The 80% who will never leave Egypt not evento save their own lives
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/beshalac...NS4wLjAuMA..
Chuck Schumer’s betrayal: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 7, 2024 (msn.com)
7/25/2024 answer from Dinonline
Answer:
Hello, I can't know what the future holds, as I am not going to play prophet, though when he comes we will have all the answers then. Have a good day
Sources:
Kollel “Choshen Mishpat” was founded in 1995. The founders’ goal was to raise the public’s awareness to the Mitzvos Bein Adam Lechavero and to the Halachos pertaining to Dinei Mamonos (financial matters). At the head of the institution stand Rabbi Yosef Fleischman Shlit”a and Rabbi Asher Flegg Shlit”a. The Kollel numbers around 120 scholars, many of whom received Semicha (Halachic ordination) for Rabbinate and Dayanut both from Gedolei Yisrael and from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The alumni of the Kollel serve as Dayanim in Batei Dinim around the world and in the Kollel’s Beis Din.
Those who refuse to leave Egypt
https://aish.com/number_of_jews_at_exodu...%20forever.
Note on the 80% who refused to leave Egypt...."80 percent of enslaved jews,-those unwilling to leave Egypt-died by the Hand of H-aven during the Ninth Plague [Darkness] See Rashi to Sh'mos 13.18
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_c...dium=email&utm_source=1_chabad.org_magazine_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content
https://torah.org/torah-portion/percepti...imes%20did.)
https://torah.org/torah-portion/percepti...God%20said:
What is so incredibly scary as how pervasive and relevant this statistic is to modern Jewry. Accounts over the entirety of Jewish history in the diaspora point to a very similar percentage of people who assimilate and effectively abandon Judaism. As the Pew study of 2013 so horrifically indicates, the number of Jews who are apethetic towards Judaism and don't even identify in any substantial way as Jews is staggering. Moreover, the enormous reality and pervasiveness of intermarriage, as well as it's acceptance, is truly an existential threat to Judaism. Judaism, for the majority of Jews, is something detached from their lives and their concern.
We must all ensure that, to the degree possible, we recognize Judaism's centrality in our lives and inspire others to realize this as well.
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-only-1-5-o...he-midrash
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questi...and-abiram
views7y
Settling the Land of Israel
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...Status.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...Israel.htm
Also lessons Getting Jewish priotities straight
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_c...Jordan.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...raight.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...onists.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...picion.htm
Note will send off 3 queries to different Ask the Rabbi today
in two parts: When Moses at the L-d direction lead the 1st Exodus from Egypt only about 20% of Jews left--does the Torah explain why did the other 80% refuse to leave? Also starting with the Shoah of 80 years ago of Jewish Communites in Europe and continuting with the exodus to Israel of 90% of Jews in Arab/Muslin lands--is this present day exodus seen by devout Jews as a forerunner in the coming of the anointed one?
received 07/25/2024
Chabbad No 6328923
B"H
Hi ,
What great questions!
The answer to your first question can be found in Midrashic teachings such as Shemos Rabbah, Targum Yonason, Tanchuma, and Sefer HaYashar. In short, there were millions of Israelites who had collaborated with the Egyptians and gained much power and wealth. As such, they didn't want to leave. This is alluded to in Rashi's commentary on the verse that describes the plague of darkness (Exodus 10:22 https://www.chabad.org/9871).
The second question is much more complicated and there are various viewpoints that range from one extreme to the other. The Talmud (Megillah 17b https://www.chabad.org/5447990) uses the term 'Ischalta d'Geula' to describe events that signal the commencement of the redemption. The context of the Talmudic discussion is the redemption on an individual level, however, the term is also used to refer to the redemption on a national level. The debate among "devout Jews" is how we interpret the events of the past 80 years.
Maimonides teaches in Mishneh Torah, Melachim uMilchamot - Chapter 11 https://www.chabad.org/1188356, the events that must happen for us to know with certainty that redemption has begun and is complete. May it be speedily in our times!
Please feel free to respond with any further questions or comments you may have.
All the best,
Rabbi Dov Stein
New book from Chabad.org!
Letters for Life: Guidance for Emotional Wellness
Inspired by the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Learn more at https://www.chabad.org/Books
On 07/28/2024 received this answer from Aish Torah Ask A Rabbi
Dear
Thank you for contacting us. Our Rabbis explain to us that the 80 percent were so entrenched into their reality and culture of Egypt that they simply lost the will to leave. Regarding the current reality, yes, most traditional Jews view the current return to the land as the forerunner to our ultimate redemption.
With blessings from Jerusalem
Rabbi Yoni Miller
Aish.com
https://secure.aish.com/emaillists/JoinAish.php to get all the great new content
Ask the Rabbi is a free service that requires considerable manpower and resources. We greatly appreciate your support! Vist https://donate.aish.com.give/381729/#!/d...?c_src=atr to make a tax-deductible donation
Brought to you by Aish Torah
One Western Wall Plaza POB 14149
Old City, Jerusalem, 9114101 ISRAEL
www.aish.com
Some things never change
The 80% who will never leave Egypt not evento save their own lives
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/beshalac...NS4wLjAuMA..
Chuck Schumer’s betrayal: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 7, 2024 (msn.com)
7/25/2024 answer from Dinonline
Answer:
Hello, I can't know what the future holds, as I am not going to play prophet, though when he comes we will have all the answers then. Have a good day
Sources:
Kollel “Choshen Mishpat” was founded in 1995. The founders’ goal was to raise the public’s awareness to the Mitzvos Bein Adam Lechavero and to the Halachos pertaining to Dinei Mamonos (financial matters). At the head of the institution stand Rabbi Yosef Fleischman Shlit”a and Rabbi Asher Flegg Shlit”a. The Kollel numbers around 120 scholars, many of whom received Semicha (Halachic ordination) for Rabbinate and Dayanut both from Gedolei Yisrael and from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. The alumni of the Kollel serve as Dayanim in Batei Dinim around the world and in the Kollel’s Beis Din.
Those who refuse to leave Egypt
https://aish.com/number_of_jews_at_exodu...%20forever.
Note on the 80% who refused to leave Egypt...."80 percent of enslaved jews,-those unwilling to leave Egypt-died by the Hand of H-aven during the Ninth Plague [Darkness] See Rashi to Sh'mos 13.18
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_c...dium=email&utm_source=1_chabad.org_magazine_en&utm_campaign=en&utm_content=content
https://torah.org/torah-portion/percepti...imes%20did.)
https://torah.org/torah-portion/percepti...God%20said:
What is so incredibly scary as how pervasive and relevant this statistic is to modern Jewry. Accounts over the entirety of Jewish history in the diaspora point to a very similar percentage of people who assimilate and effectively abandon Judaism. As the Pew study of 2013 so horrifically indicates, the number of Jews who are apethetic towards Judaism and don't even identify in any substantial way as Jews is staggering. Moreover, the enormous reality and pervasiveness of intermarriage, as well as it's acceptance, is truly an existential threat to Judaism. Judaism, for the majority of Jews, is something detached from their lives and their concern.
We must all ensure that, to the degree possible, we recognize Judaism's centrality in our lives and inspire others to realize this as well.
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-only-1-5-o...he-midrash
https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questi...and-abiram
views7y
Settling the Land of Israel
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...Status.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...Israel.htm
Also lessons Getting Jewish priotities straight
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_c...Jordan.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...raight.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...onists.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_c...picion.htm