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Armilus / Anti-Messiah? - ארמלגוס "Rab said: All the predestined dates [for redemption] have passed (according to Daniel 9:26 Mashiach was to come before the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash / Temple), and the matter [now] depends only on repentance and good deeds. But Sh’muel maintained: it is sufficient for a mourner to keep his [period of] mourning. This matter is disputed by Tannaim: R. Eliezer said: if Yisrael repent, they will be redeemed; if not, they will not be redeemed. R. Joshua said to him, if they do not repent, will they not be redeemed! But the Holy One, blessed be He, will set up a king over them, whose decrees shall be as cruel as Haman's, whereby Yisrael shall engage in repentance, and He will thus bring them back to the right path." Sanhedrin 97b These times will be of great pain for Yisrael, and ALL the nations of the world will be against her. The world will be following the command of this world leader, who will be a swift talker, thereby convincing the world that he is doing all the things that he does for peace sake, but in reality they are done to the destruction of Yisrael. His name according to Jewish Tradition is Armilius, know by the non-Jews as Anti-christ (this is the king spoken of in Sanhedrin 97b). This Armilius will gather...
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"Haven't we always had earthquakes and famines? Haven't there always been wars, false prophets and messiahs?" For twenty centuries men have anticipated that our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua's return would take place in their day. Nearly every generation thought that Mashiach would be reveal himself in their time, because of the signs they thought ...
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Do you know who created the new religion called Christianity? It certainly was not our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua or his Jewish followers! When our Rabbi, Maran Yeshua healed the leper, did he tell him to go light a candle in the church? No! He said, "See that you tell no one, but as a testimony to the people, go let the Cohen (temple priest) examin ...
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In later Jewish eschatology and legend, a king who will arise at the end of time against the Messiah, and will be conquered by him after having brought much distress upon Israel. Parasha Ve’zot Haberacha, Devarim 34 says “and the affliction of generation after generation, and the punishment of Armalgos the wicked…” In anci ...
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Parochet (Hebrew: פרוכת) (also paroches, parokhet) is the curtain on the front of the Aron Kodesh (Torah Ark) in a synagogue that covers the Sifrei Torah (Torah scrolls). In most cases, behind the parochet is also a door. This curtain represents the covering that was on the original Ark of the Covenant. The term paroc ...
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