Moshiach

*The Alexander Rebbe זצ"ל is quoted as having said there were two groups at the levaya of בועז, one saying to look at the lifetime of צדקות and even he was נכשל at the end.
The second group saying to note the Hashgacha that he was kept alive to a very ripe old age in order to marry רות and bring forth the progeny that would result in Dovid HaMelech and Moshiach.  Who was right?

Said the Rebbe, We cannot use the Hashgacha to interpret the Halacha, what we must do is use the Halacha to interpret the Hashgacha and as the Beis Din of שמואל decided "מואבי and not מואבית" then we understand that Hashgacha kept בועז alive to fulfill that Mitzvah and linkage to Moshiach.

שמעתי מהרב הגאון ר' נטע שיללר שליט"א ראש ישיבת אור שמח ירושלים*


Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon R. Shlomo Miller Shlita told us
once during Shiur,

"Someone asked him a שאלה and he answered him לקולא that it is מותר.

The שואל (questioner) wasn't satisfied with the answer. He felt to
be מחמיר (stringent) would be more appropriate. He tried to convince R.S.M. to change his mind and agree to be מחמיר

R.S.M. told him

 " (פלוני אלמוני (טוב because he wanted to be מחמיר
not to marry רות missed the opportunity of  becoming  the grandfather of Dovid Hamelech and מלך המשיח."

We Want Mashiach Now

We want Mashiach now / Who wanted Mashiach then?

The Sefer Otzar Yisroel (printed.almost 100 years ago) writes:

"The Sadigura Chasidim believe be'emuna sheleima that their Rebbe is the Tzadik Hador and the future Mashiach.(If the redemption will be in his lifetime)

When they drink a lechayim they wish each other Yehi Ratzon that our Tzadik should reveal himself Ba'agala Uvizman Karev- Bimheira Veyameinu

We want Mashiach now, do you you know the 4 Brachos to make when he will arrive?

The four Brachos we will say at Kabalos
Pnei Moshiach, Bimeheiroh Veyameinu

1) Shehechiyanu שהחיינו 
2) Chacham Horozim חכם הרזים 
3) Shecholak Meichachmaso  שחלק מחכמתו ליראיו 
4) Shecholak Michvodo שחלק מכבודו ליראיו

Parshas Hashovua-Nitzavim -Part 1

The Chasam Sofer (Shu"t Y.D. 356) writes:

" Re the debate of how many Ikrim we have (13 Rambam or 3 Ri Elbo etc.) I don't see what difference it makes.

The Mekubalim claim there are no such things as Ikrim. Every dot in the Torah is an Ikar.--- 

It is impossible for me to believe that one of the fundamentals in Judaism is to believe in the Geulah (Mashiach).---

It is not an Ikar or foundation to build on.

The Ikar is to believe all that is written in the Torah or the Nevi'im. There it is written about the Geulah in Parshas Nitzavim* and Ha'azinu the way the Ramban explains.

Anyone disputing the Geulah is a Kofer."

                 "ועכ"פ הגאולה וביאת המשיח איננה עיקר אבל מי שאינו מודה בו כופר בעיקר של האמנת התורה ודברי 
נביאים"Ramban Devarim 30:2