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dent of kabbalah whose hyp-
notic personality gained him .
thousands of followers.
Eventually, the would-be
messiah, threatened with ex-
ecution by the Sultan, con-
verted and became a Moslem.
Most of his disciples were sad-
ly disillusioned but some re-
mained steadfast and follow-
ed his example, forming a
Judeo-Islamic sect, "Don-
meh" (Turkish for "apos-
tates"), which still exists in
Turkey.
Devout people may well
believe that with the creation
of the State of Israel we have
entered into the Messianic
Era — a time when the scat-
tered Jewish people will
return to the Land of Israel
and all mankind will prosper
through peace and justice.
The Talmud warns us
against trying to predict ex-
actly when the End of Days
will occur: "Blasted be the
bones of those who calculate
the end, for when the
calculated time comes and
the Messiah does not appear,
people will despair of his ever
coming" (Sanhedrin 97b).
However, when that great
time comes, longevity is pro-
mised: "No sound of weeping,
no voice of crying, shall ever

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Devout people
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be heard; no child shall die
anymore in infancy, nor any
old man who has not lived out
his years of life; he who dies
youngest lives a hundred
years."
Since the establishment of
the State, the Chief Rab-
binate of Israel looks upon
the State as "Athalta de
Geulah," Aramaic for "the
beginning of universal
redemption?'
All of Israel today awaits
the fulfilment of Isaiah's Mes-
sianic dream: "For out of Zion
shall go forth the Law and the
word of the Lord from Jeru-
salem . . . and they shall beat
their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning
hooks. Nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more

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