tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post3188754855784143502..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Do mashiach blogs prevent the geulah?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-39586938835426944152011-07-18T23:16:46.724-04:002011-07-18T23:16:46.724-04:00Whether blogs do or don't prevent the Geula, I...Whether blogs do or don't prevent the Geula, I think Ari G. has a point in saying this is not the kind of action Hashem is looking for. I honestly don't think it makes much of a difference to Hashem's larger plan whether people blog about Mashiach or not. (It may make a difference to their own mitzva-tally after 120 years.)<br /> What does make a difference is the amount of time people spend on looking for signs of Mashiach on this blog or that rather than living their lives and doing mitzvot. It is positive, proactive action that will bring Mashiach, not obsessive blog checking. Let'e all be "doers" in bringing the geula, not "readers" or "checkers"! (I'm speaking to myself here too, so please don't take it the wrong way...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-43748954052978261792011-07-18T16:25:52.170-04:002011-07-18T16:25:52.170-04:00"Rabbi Chanina said: The son of David will no..."Rabbi Chanina said: The son of David will not come until [the word of Rabbi Yekusiel] Fish is sought, for one who is sick [in anticipation of mashiach's arrival], and it is not found."<br /><br />LoLDevorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00793434651294780439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-23858926927699951852011-07-18T16:25:44.222-04:002011-07-18T16:25:44.222-04:00Your post is funny, pointed, partially accurate, b...Your post is funny, pointed, partially accurate, but partially inaccurate.<br /><br />For starters, your Fish joke is hillarious.<br /><br />Regarding your next point, I don't believe that the vast majority of people who read Geula blogs despair from wrong predictions, especially when those predictions are very rarely described as certainties. It's totally pseudoscience. It's all up to Hashem anyways. And of course, Hashem could change predicted events to not happen whenever He wants. So, I doubt a great amount of people despair from failed predictions. So, I guess you can blame Geula bloggers again for the lack of Heseih Hada'at.<br /><br />Regarding what you said about considering the importance of our own role, I'll admit to having done that at times. Your mussar is well-taken.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.com