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This one comes to us from a letter written in the fall of 1665 by Nathan of Gaza, the prophet of Shabbatai Zevi, a figure who stirred up messianic fervor like few others. It's a vi...
It’s a powerful and, frankly, pretty startling image. Jewish tradition, in certain strands, paints just such a picture. The idea of a suffering Messiah isn't exactly front and cent...
Eternal bliss, unimaginable beauty... who in their right mind would say no? Well, Jewish tradition tells us about righteous rabbis who did just that, refusing the heavenly reward o...
Jewish tradition actually considers the possibility that certain individuals, through their spiritual potency, could actually force the coming of the Messiah. Wild. In every genera...
But Jewish tradition is full of surprises. And one of the most striking is the image of the Messiah, not as a triumphant king, but as someone held captive, waiting for us to set hi...
That's the story of two yeshiva students, eighty years ago, burning with a desire for redemption. Their hearts yearned for Jerusalem, for the chance to stand at the tomb of King Da...
But what exactly are these “pangs,” and what do they mean for us? Imagine a world where nations are constantly at each other’s throats. Where wisdom seems to have lost its way, and...
Maybe that’s because the rainbow we see today isn’t the rainbow of the Messiah. Not yet, anyway. : the rainbow we know is a promise, a beautiful one, certainly. It's a reminder of ...
For centuries, people have tried to pinpoint the exact moment of redemption. Piety mixed with impatience. Every generation of Jews has hoped, prayed, and sometimes even calculated,...
