NO TIME TO WAIT FOR THEM TO GET IT

It makes no difference whether it is within their capacity to assimilate it or not, and there is simply no time to wait until they can grasp it.

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G-D’S RETURN WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM EXILE

“Our Rabbis learned … that the Divine Presence resides with the Jewish people, as it were, amidst the suffering of their exile. But He has inscribed redemption for Himself when they are to be redeemed, for He will return with them

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 12

Final Instalment * After going through three additional incarnations without correcting their inequities, apparently there is no hope for the extremely wicked … but Rashbi outlines a process of further correction to ultimately achieve closeness to G-d.

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 11

“This is a wondrous testimony of the benevolence and truth meted out upon the wicked … they shall be altogether holy, but compared to the tzaddikim, who are above them, in allegorical terms they are described as being “ash beneath their feet.”

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA; PART 10

c) Kareis, soul excision, is the punishment for [serious transgressions, such as] idolatry and the like. Our Sages say about kareis, quoting the verse, “‘Hikareis tikareis ha’nefesh, etc. – that soul shall surely be cut off, etc.’:

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 9

The contradiction is even more pronounced considering that “T’chiyas HaMeisim is [only] for tzaddikim g’murim (totally righteous individuals),” especially how Tanya defines tzaddik gamur, as Rashbi said, “I have seen exalted people and they are few … and it is [a spiritual state] akin to Olam HaBa, etc

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 8

It would seem then that those who do not fit in that category will not rise in T’chiyas HaMeisim. In fact, the maamer “L’havin biur inyan ha’Avos” states explicitly that all Jews have a portion in Olam HaBa except those whom our Sages have specified…

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 7

Now, when we delve into the matter, it is readily understood that indeed [it is not just a possible outcome that all souls will cleave to their Divine source in Olam HaBa] it must be this way.

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TEACH ME THE WHOLE ‘D’VAR MALCHUS’ ON ONE FOOT

It’s been two years since the start of the ‘Parsha B’Daka’ initiative. It exposes tens of thousands of people to the central message of the weekly ‘D’var Malchus’ sicha in one minute. The chassidim behind this project, R’ Yitzchak Kobi and R’ Eitan Gurion, spoke to us about this special production and the hundreds of moving responses they receive each week from dozens of countries across the world.

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 6

The verse, “And they shall go out and see the corpses of the people who rebelled against Me, for … their fire shall not be quenched,” which speaks of eternal damnation refers to the sinners of the Gentile nations, whereas rebellious Jews “are punished only momentarily in Gehinom, before Avrohom Avinu comes and lifts them up from there (meaning that he acquits their judgement) and (even) greets them.”

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 5

Part Five * Having discussed the possibility that every Jew, without exception, has a portion in Olam HaBa, proof can also be brought that it will indeed be that way. Every single Jew, without exception, will eventually unite with his or her Divine source in Olam HaBa.

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 4

Part Four * The Mishna “Cheilek” refers to the resurrection of both souls and bodies together. Regarding this phenomenon the Mishna says that Yaravam and the others will not rise, for their bodies will be eradicated [forever]. The Yerushalmi, on the other hand, refers to their souls, which will live again in the era of T’chiyas HaMeisim – but in different bodies.

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ALL JEWS SHALL RISE IN OLAM HA’T’CHIYA: PART 3

Part Three * This wicked person is said to not have a portion in Olam HaBa specifically when postmortem retribution is not meted out against his body. If he did suffer that fate though, the harm benefits him, as our Sages said: “It is a good sign for the deceased that retribution was exacted upon him [i.e., his body] after death,” for it brings him atonement

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