Geula Update from Rav Fish - Ki Tisa 5774

I'm just going to do a high-level summary of Rav Fish's latest:

The Pope - Doves Incident

He interprets the incident exactly the opposite of how I interpreted it, but it is definitely interesting.  He said that the doves represent Xtianity, while the seagull and crow represent the Davidic Dynasty.  He goes on at length (more than 4 pages!) to support this idea.

The Beit Hamikdash in 5786 Continued

He continues his theme from last week that the Beit Hamikdash will be built in 5786 as the second stage of the Geula.  He brought a very interesting Gr"a (brought down in Lev Eliyahu, Beshalah) that says that the 28 "times" that are mentioned in Kohelet chapter 3 correspond to the 28 time periods from Creation until the year 6000.  If you divide 6000 by 28, you get approximately 214.3 years.  See the table below:

Start Year	End Year	Period	Translation	Comment by Rav Fish [or myself]
1	215	עֵת לָלֶדֶת	A time to be born	[Creation]
215	429	וְעֵת לָמוּת	and a time to die
429	643	עֵת לָטַעַת	a time to plant
643	858	וְעֵת לַעֲקוֹר נָטוּעַ	and a time to pluck up that which is planted
858	1072	עֵת לַהֲרוֹג	A time to kill
1072	1286	וְעֵת לִרְפּוֹא	and a time to heal
1286	1501	עֵת לִפְרוֹץ	a time to break down
1501	1715	וְעֵת לִבְנוֹת	and a time to build up	[Noah's family rebuild the world]
1715	1929	עֵת לִבְכּוֹת	A time to weep	[Paganism is rampant]
1929	2143	וְעֵת לִשְׂחוֹק	and a time to laugh	Avraham, Yitzhak (ישחק), and Yaakov born
2143	2358	עֵת סְפוֹד	a time to mourn	Yitzhak and Yaakov pass away, sale of Yosef, Egyptian slavery
2358	2572	וְעֵת רְקוֹד	and a time to dance	Exodus, Revelation at Mt. Sinai
2572	2786	עֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ אֲבָנִים	A time to cast away stones
2786	3001	וְעֵת כְּנוֹס אֲבָנִים	and a time to gather stones together
3001	3215	עֵת לַחֲבוֹק	a time to embrace	First Beit Hamikdash
3215	3429	וְעֵת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק	and a time to refrain from embracing	First Beit Hamikdash destroyed
3429	3643	עֵת לְבַקֵּשׁ	A time to seek	Second Beit Hamikdash
3643	3858	וְעֵת לְאַבֵּד	and a time to lose	Second Beit Hamikdash destroyed
3858	4072	עֵת לִשְׁמוֹר	a time to keep
4072	4286	וְעֵת לְהַשְׁלִיךְ	and a time to cast away
4286	4501	עֵת לִקְרוֹעַ	A time to rend
4501	4715	וְעֵת לִתְפּוֹר	and a time to sew
4715	4929	עֵת לַחֲשׁוֹת	a time to keep silence
4929	5143	וְעֵת לְדַבֵּר	and a time to speak
5143	5358	עֵת לֶאֱהֹב	A time to love
5358	5572	וְעֵת לִשְׂנֹא	and a time to hate
5572	5786	עֵת מִלְחָמָה	a time for war	Starts year of Napoleanic War (see also here)
5786	6001	וְעֵת שָׁלוֹם	and a time for peace	Third Beit Hamikdash?

The Gross Family Tragedy and other Tragedies

The tragedy is eerily similar to the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, where Elazar and Itamar survived despite Aharon's sin with the eigel.  He says that just like Nadav and Avihu's death atoned for all of Israel, so did the death of the Gross girls.

[He also mentions something I also saw a couple weeks ago on Kikar that] the tragedies of a few weeks ago are all connected to the letter "ג".  The gas (גז) tragedy, where Gilit (גלית) Tofan passed away in the Gilo (גילה) neighborhood.  The next day Rav Yaakov Galinsky (גלינסקי) passed away.  Also that day was when the Gross (גרוס) family tragedy occurred in the Givat Mordechai (גבעת מרדכי) neighborhood.  Rav Fish adds that all these are connected to the end of Galut (גלות) and hint to the time of Geula (גאולה).

[YY - I will add that Kikar reports that Yeshivat Hevron of Givat Mordechai has been hit with a spate of tragedies lately:

• Rav Landau's passing
• Rav Filmer's passing
• Gross family lives in the neighborhood and R' Shimon Gross learns there
• Drowning of Yehonatan Miller, a Bahur of the Yeshiva (and close related to the Gross family)
• A bus transporting boys to the Miller funeral ran over a boy's leg, which likely will need to be amputated, R"L.

May we hear about only good news in the future.]