Moshiach and the Future Redemption

The messianic era is central to Jewish belief, but few people actually understand it. Here is what the Jewish texts have to say.

Learning a fundamental sicha (essay) of the Rebbe on the state of the world in the times of Moshiach, which reconciles conflicting sources on whether there will be changes to the natural order of the world—according to Rambam. (Likutei Sichos vol. 27, Bec...

Why the coming of Moshiach is a fundamental pillar in Judaism.

What will the world be like in the messianic era? What is the meaning a “new Torah” being revealed in the times of Moshiach? Will Mitzvah observance be the same? In a perfected world, which the messianic era will usher in, what will be the objective of do...

Moshiach has to be a scion of the House of David of the ‘Kingdom of Judah’. But why can he not be a descendent of the ‘Kingdom of Joseph’? Indeed even Judah bowed to Joseph acknowledging his authority? In this class a profound debate in the Talmud is evok...

Drawing on an array of classical sources, this class sets out to clearly define the essence of the Torah mandated faith in global redemption to be brought about by an anointed Jewish King. Clarifying exactly what we are supposed to believe in and why this...

The coming of Moshiach is a central belief in Judaism and is one of the thirteen principles of faith enumerated by Maimonides. Other fundamental principles like the belief in G-d and the divinity of Torah are more obvious, but how does Moshiach serve as a...

Once the Messianic Era begins — world peace, universal enlightenment, an end to suffering and eternal life — one would assume that having accomplished his mission the Moshiach's central role would no longer be required. Yet this is not the case, to the co...

In this final class in a six-part series, we reach the culminating and most essential concept of Jewish belief—the belief in the perfection of this world. What is universal redemption? How does it come about? How is it connected to—and the fulfillment of—...

Rabbi Raskin asks and answers five basic questions about the concept of Moshiach.