Can the Erev Rav be "fixed"?

I regret that the nature of blogging prevents anything more than the briefest of treatments of this subject. My hope is that something here will spark your interest to learn more in-depth from the sources.

In response to the previous post, גילוי writes:

"...that is davka one of our hardest tasks in this last generation: fixing the Erev Rav...."

I completely disagree. I reject this entire line of thought. This is precisely what has brought upon us all the trials and troubles of 3,500 years.

...Moshe Rabbeinu... because of the "erev rav" came to make mistakes. (Yahel Ohr, commentary on Zohar 1:28: beginning with uMoshe b'gineihu.)
All the exile, the destruction of the Temple and all the troubles - it all results from Moshe Rabbeinu having accepted the `erev rav. (the Gaon on Tikkunei HaZohar 97, beginning v'aleihu.)

Avraham Avinu made this error with regard to Yishmael. What did Sara Imeinu do? She insisted that Yishmael must be separated from Yitzchak by being exiled from his father's home (and Hashem agreed). Yitzchak Avinu made this error concerning Eisav. What did Rivka Imeinu do? She insisted that Yaakov must be separated from Eisav and the result was that Yaakov had to endure exile from his home. (Also, Shomo HaMelekh repeated this mistake with his foreign wives.)

It is davka in a process of redemption in its time, which is exactly where we are at present, that we have no hope to rectify this klipa. Instead of unification, we need separation. And the faster we separate, the more quickly we will be redeemed. R. Hillel of Shiklov in the name of the GR"A paints an entirely different picture of what our relationship to the Erev Rav should be in these final days and hours of exile:

The general role of two Messiahs, the messiah son of Yosef and the messiah son of Dovid, throughout the generations is one of defense and war against the three leading husks - Eisav, Yishmael and Erev Rav... The `erev rav is our greatest foe, he is what separates the two Messiahs, The `erev rav husk operates only by deceit and indirectly. Therefore the war against the `erev rav is the most difficult and most bitter, and we must use all our remaining forces to win this war. Whoever is not engaged in actively fighting the `erev rav becomes an automatic partner to the husk of the `erev rav, and whoever this may be it would be better for him had he not been created. (Kol HaTor, chapter II, part II, section II)

Lot's story might have had a happier ending had he moved to Sodom and influenced all the Sodomites to become Bnei Noach, but instead he was fortunate to escape with his own life and two daughters. Disaster was just barely held back as he was urged to separate himself from Sodom so that he would not share in their destruction. Lot's wife was still too attached to the Sodomite reality. Although she merited to escape Sodom, when she glanced back, she in essence fell back into the vale of destruction, weighted as she was with desire for that life, and did not merit to ascend the mountain with her husband and daughters.

It is each individual's job to rectify himself, no one can do it on his behalf and no one can force him to do it. When it becomes clear that one belongs to this camp---to the Erev Rav--- we must immediately erect a barrier between us and warn others away from him. He is a danger and a destroyer. Only with true and complete teshuva can one be rectified.

In the comments of his post, גילוי writes:

"...these definitions [who constitute the Erev Rav] are not restricted to irreligious Jews alone, but extend to other "denominations" and political groupings."

I wonder if even you know how very truly you have spoken, as Erev Rav are to be found also among the goyim where they assimilated alongside the Israelites associated with the ten so-called “lost” tribes. We know that they were never lost to Hashem and the prophets foretold that they, too, would be regathered at the end of days.

There is one estimate that 200,000 former xians passed through the so-called "Messianic" movement and have converted to Judaism. A spiritual 'call' went out into the world in the year 5750 and everyone with the spiritual acuity to hear it responded. In addition to the Jewish neshamas held captive among the nations who heard, so did the Erev Rav who have always been attached to them.

The Jewish neshama comes humbly and submissively, requesting. The Erev Rav come haughtily and arrogantly, demanding. While the Jewish neshamas convert back into the family, these refuse and insist that they be "recognized" and "accepted" as they are. They intend to come to Eretz Yisrael and "reclaim" their "rightful heritage." They promote a new religion called Judeo-xianity. They use this symbol ...

representing Jew and xian coming together to form "One New Man" (the "Judeo-Xian?) observing the Torah, living in the Land, and accepting Yeshu as the "Mashiach."

Most unfortunately, many good Jews and others, maybe not so good, are joining with these people, whether in a misguided attempt to rectify them I cannot say, but it is playing with fire in a room full of gas fumes.

...there is a fourth kind: `and they have mingled (in Hebrew, Vayitarvu, related to the term Erev Rav) with the nations and learned from their deeds' - these are themselves Jews who adhered to the `erev rav and became like them...and this fourth kind is the most difficult of them all, and they are our brothers who have soured" - (Imre No`am, his commentary to B'rakhot 54)

This is as far as I can go with this subject for now. B'ezrat Hashem, I am working on a major project with regard to this, an expose of sorts, which will require its own website with many references and resources. I am available by email for any specific questions you may have and as the material becomes available online, I will make mention of it here.

It's late and there have been many interruptions. If anything is incomplete or unclear, please speak to me about it in the comments section below.

I have many other things I want to talk about here--another lurking danger which we may need to prepare for in the wake of the Master Terrorist's happy demise and a glimpse of Days to Come in the Tehillim---hopefully on motzaei Shabbat.