rav daniel zer war purim

nation of Rab Shimon Dahan about Mashiach
by isaacb on Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:56 pm
Stages of Moshiach
This is from the latest shiur by Rabbi Shimon Dahan, in which he explains why predictions given by him don't actually occur as foreseen
Translated by Yeranen Yaakov - but please note he is just translating the shiur as he understood it...... If you can understand Hebrew and want to listen to the shiur click here (the transcription below can be heard at approx 8.00 mins in)
Rav Dahan says that he got a telephone call saying there is a certain Rav who is one of the Pashtanim - i.e. not involved so much in Kabbala - and then clarifies that it's Rav Daniel Zer - who was shown in a dream that we should prepare since Mashiach is coming in three months.
He then immediately got a second phone call from someone that Rav Dahan appeared to him in a dream that (an audience member clarified) Mashiach is coming this Pesah.

Rav Dahan then addresses the point of how come he's been giving Shiurim for 30 years, and he keeps saying - at least fifteen times - that Mashiach is coming at this time and at that time, but he doesn't come, so how could he say it again? He ends up looking like a liar!
He nswers that there are different stages, and whenever we receive a message that Mashiach will be revealed, that is not a lie - it's true, but it could only be a stage in the process.
Rav Dahan quotes the Sha'ar Hagilgulim, which says that Mashiach will come when his feet are exactly at the same level as our feet. During the time of the Rishonim, Mashiach's feet were opposite our eyes. During the time of the Ariza"l, Mashiach's feet were opposite our chest. Right now, his feet are right next to (but just above) the level of our feet, Rav Dahan said. So every stage brings him closer.