Series: BCBM

Venue: Zoom Videoconference Zoom Videoconference

History:

10 - 15th Centuries CE,  16th - 18th Centuries CE 

Machshava:

History,  Mashiach 

Collections: R' Pruzansky Great Jewish Challenges

Description

Why have Jews always been susceptible to the allures of false Messiahs? What is Moshiach supposed to accomplish and how do we know when someone is a false, failed or potential Moshiach? How wll we identify the real one? A look at the history of false Messianism and some of the more exotic characters who claimed to be the Messiah, usually leaving a trail of disappointment and destruction. Sponsored by Becky and Avi Katz l'iuy nishmat Yonah ben Harav Aryeh Leib a"h.