Rabbi Yehuda said: (Moshiach) Ben David will not come until the wicked Roman kingdom will spread throughout the World for 9 months.
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And there's more, but you get the idea.
Very interesting connection of the dots!
ReplyDeleteIt's worth noting, too, that 9 mos from Av brings us to Nissan next year because there will be two Adars.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there is another way to look at this. The reference to "nine months" may not be literal, but may be describing a period of time leading up to a birth - a period of pregnancy - which could in actual time be of much longer duration, i.e. something which began even twenty years ago and is now coming to its end. Heaven's shouting of "nine months" at us through the media may not be telling us there there is still nine months to go, but that the 'nine months' is ending!!
ReplyDeleteI guess it will be determined by our teshuva, unless this is the final end which does not hinge on our teshuva at all.