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By Yisrael Shapira
Rabbis from across all sectors (Haredi and Religious Zionist) are attributing the âRising Lionâ operation against Iran to the imminent coming of the Messiah â all based on a calculation attributed to the Vilna Gaon regarding the 28 âseasonsâ in the world, according to the interpretation of the verses written by King Solomon in Ecclesiastes.
The strike on the 17th of Sivan, 5785, marks the transition from âa time of warâ to âa time of peaceâ â the final âseasonâ before the Redemption.
Words of the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum
In his weekly lecture (as brought by Kol HaLashon), the Lithuanian preacher, the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum, presented the calculation to an emotional audience. âI do not calculate the end times and I do not belong to the âRevealing the Messiahâ camp,â he emphasized, âbut when you see something written so clearly â I felt a tremendous spiritual awakening.ââ
The rabbi asked the audience to take out calculators and presented the calculation: âKing Solomon listed 28 âseasonsâ in Ecclesiastes. 6,000 years of the world divided by 28 equals 214.285 years for each season. 27 seasons have passed â and we are in the final season.â
The precise calculation he presented: 0.285 of a year translates to 103 days from the beginning of the year, which is exactly the 17th of Sivan. âItâs astonishing how perfectly it works out!â he emphasized.
He also added that the Vilna Gaon already wrote in his time that he was in the final season, and that therefore we should now be in the final time of peace before the Redemption.
Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, who preceded Rabbi Rosenblum in this calculation
Before Rabbi Rosenblum, Rabbi Elyakim Levanon â Rabbi of the Shomron and Head of the Elon Moreh Yeshiva â shared the same calculation and predicted the exact date of the transition: the 17th of Sivan, 5785.
The complex calculation he presented takes the fraction 0.285 of a year and converts it into days: 355 Ă 0.285 = about 253 days from the beginning of the year, which led precisely to the 17th of Sivan â the day Operation âRising Lionâ began.
The source: The Mashgiach, the righteous Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian
Both rabbis cite the calculation in the name of our master, the Vilna Gaon, and as Rabbi Rosenblum quoted, the original source is Maran HaMashgiach, the righteous Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian, who wrote this in his book Lev Eliyahu.
Rabbi Lopian, who served as the spiritual director of the Knesses Chizkiyahu Yeshiva, was the first to cite this calculation in the name of the Vilna Gaon (his original words are attached).â
Quotation of our master, the Vilna Gaon, in the book Lev Eliyahu by Maran HaMashgiach Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian
âI do not calculate the end times,â Rabbi Rosenblum repeated and emphasized. âI pray three times a day asking the Holy One, blessed be He, that we merit â with Godâs help â the sprouting of Davidâs line. But when you see something written so clearly in black and whiteâŠâ
Rabbi Rosenblum thanked Rabbi Klarnstein for showing him Rabbi Lopianâs words (and therefore, apparently, he did not cite the source in the same way Rabbi Levanon did).
It should be noted that, as far as I know, the above words of the Vilna Gaon were not published to the general body of his disciples in the Gaonâs lifetime, but were only committed to writing in the time of Rabbi Lopian. Indeed, in the Gaonâs commentary on these verses in Kohelet there is a completely different interpretation.
Apparently, the sole source for these words of the Gaon is Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian alone, and we have merited that they are being publicized these days during the war in Iran. Interestingly, two prominent rabbis cite this and connect the Air Force bombings as part of the redemptive process.
Nevertheless, there is a difference in the words of the rabbis: Rabbi Rozenblum, the Haredi rabbi, said that âa time of peaceâ means âwe are about to enter the coming of our righteous Messiah,â whereas Rabbi Lebanon, the Religious Zionist rabbi, interpreted âa time of peaceâ as âa situation in which the enemies are afraid to go to war against usâ (this is how he was quoted in viral videos online).
It should also be noted that a similar interpretation of King Solomonâs verses is found with the Hasidic rabbi from the U.S., the genius Rabbi Shmuel Yissachar Dov Taubenfeld (of blessed memory), in his book Zichron Shmuel.
The words of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Yissachar Dov Taubenfeld, of blessed memory, in his book Zichron Shmuel
According to his words, the seasons are not counted from the beginning to the end of the world as the Vilna Gaon states. Rather, he calculates based on the 28 seasons mentioned in Proverbs, where each year corresponds to one season. In line with the solar cycle, each year represents one season, and according to his calculation, there are 214 instances of the phrase âa time of peaceâ throughout the worldâs duration.
By Yisrael Shapira
Rabbis from across all sectors (Haredi and Religious Zionist) are attributing the âRising Lionâ operation against Iran to the imminent coming of the Messiah â all based on a calculation attributed to the Vilna Gaon regarding the 28 âseasonsâ in the world, according to the interpretation of the verses written by King Solomon in Ecclesiastes.
The strike on the 17th of Sivan, 5785, marks the transition from âa time of warâ to âa time of peaceâ â the final âseasonâ before the Redemption.
Words of the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum
In his weekly lecture (as brought by Kol HaLashon), the Lithuanian preacher, the Gaon Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum, presented the calculation to an emotional audience. âI do not calculate the end times and I do not belong to the âRevealing the Messiahâ camp,â he emphasized, âbut when you see something written so clearly â I felt a tremendous spiritual awakening.ââ
The rabbi asked the audience to take out calculators and presented the calculation: âKing Solomon listed 28 âseasonsâ in Ecclesiastes. 6,000 years of the world divided by 28 equals 214.285 years for each season. 27 seasons have passed â and we are in the final season.â
The precise calculation he presented: 0.285 of a year translates to 103 days from the beginning of the year, which is exactly the 17th of Sivan. âItâs astonishing how perfectly it works out!â he emphasized.
He also added that the Vilna Gaon already wrote in his time that he was in the final season, and that therefore we should now be in the final time of peace before the Redemption.
Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, who preceded Rabbi Rosenblum in this calculation
Before Rabbi Rosenblum, Rabbi Elyakim Levanon â Rabbi of the Shomron and Head of the Elon Moreh Yeshiva â shared the same calculation and predicted the exact date of the transition: the 17th of Sivan, 5785.
The complex calculation he presented takes the fraction 0.285 of a year and converts it into days: 355 Ă 0.285 = about 253 days from the beginning of the year, which led precisely to the 17th of Sivan â the day Operation âRising Lionâ began.
The source: The Mashgiach, the righteous Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian
Both rabbis cite the calculation in the name of our master, the Vilna Gaon, and as Rabbi Rosenblum quoted, the original source is Maran HaMashgiach, the righteous Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian, who wrote this in his book Lev Eliyahu.
Rabbi Lopian, who served as the spiritual director of the Knesses Chizkiyahu Yeshiva, was the first to cite this calculation in the name of the Vilna Gaon (his original words are attached).â
Quotation of our master, the Vilna Gaon, in the book Lev Eliyahu by Maran HaMashgiach Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian
âI do not calculate the end times,â Rabbi Rosenblum repeated and emphasized. âI pray three times a day asking the Holy One, blessed be He, that we merit â with Godâs help â the sprouting of Davidâs line. But when you see something written so clearly in black and whiteâŠâ
Rabbi Rosenblum thanked Rabbi Klarnstein for showing him Rabbi Lopianâs words (and therefore, apparently, he did not cite the source in the same way Rabbi Levanon did).
It should be noted that, as far as I know, the above words of the Vilna Gaon were not published to the general body of his disciples in the Gaonâs lifetime, but were only committed to writing in the time of Rabbi Lopian. Indeed, in the Gaonâs commentary on these verses in Kohelet there is a completely different interpretation.
Apparently, the sole source for these words of the Gaon is Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian alone, and we have merited that they are being publicized these days during the war in Iran. Interestingly, two prominent rabbis cite this and connect the Air Force bombings as part of the redemptive process.
Nevertheless, there is a difference in the words of the rabbis: Rabbi Rozenblum, the Haredi rabbi, said that âa time of peaceâ means âwe are about to enter the coming of our righteous Messiah,â whereas Rabbi Lebanon, the Religious Zionist rabbi, interpreted âa time of peaceâ as âa situation in which the enemies are afraid to go to war against usâ (this is how he was quoted in viral videos online).
It should also be noted that a similar interpretation of King Solomonâs verses is found with the Hasidic rabbi from the U.S., the genius Rabbi Shmuel Yissachar Dov Taubenfeld (of blessed memory), in his book Zichron Shmuel.
The words of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Yissachar Dov Taubenfeld, of blessed memory, in his book Zichron Shmuel
According to his words, the seasons are not counted from the beginning to the end of the world as the Vilna Gaon states. Rather, he calculates based on the 28 seasons mentioned in Proverbs, where each year corresponds to one season. In line with the solar cycle, each year represents one season, and according to his calculation, there are 214 instances of the phrase âa time of peaceâ throughout the worldâs duration.
