(11) Rabbi Elisha Pearl: The Lubavitcher Rebbe's End Times Warning Israel IGNORED

The Lubavitcher Rebbe never called himself a Zionist. Yet few people loved the Land of Israel as deeply, or fought as hard to protect it.

In this episode, Rabbi Tuly Weisz sits down with Rabbi Elisha Pearl, author of Make Peace: A Strategic Guide to Achieving Lasting Peace in Israel, to explore the Rebbe's teachings on Israel, security and the end of days. The book is now out in Hebrew as Oseh Shalom.

They discuss:

• Why the Rebbe taught that anyone who reads the Bible should see the Jewish return to Israel as a sign of the end times, based on the prophecy of Balaam
• The Rebbe's urgent warnings to Israel's leaders about the ceasefire with Egypt, and why he cried out, "I have called, but no one answers" (Isaiah 50:2)
• His three conditions for Israel to be ready for the Messiah: shleimut ha'Torah (the wholeness of the Bible's teachings), shleimut ha'am (the wholeness of the Jewish people) and shleimut ha'aretz (the wholeness of the land)
• Why he warned that giving away land, including Gaza, would cost lives
• The private conversation between the Rebbe and Benjamin Netanyahu that has never been revealed
• How non-Jews can take part in bringing the redemption by keeping the seven Noahide laws

This conversation brings the Rebbe's teachings on Israel to an audience far beyond Chabad, and shows how much of what he foresaw has come true.

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