somejew to yb :
was r akiva so badly mistaken ?
or is rather katan badly mistaken ?
The answer has been well discussed in rishonim and achronim that, yes, R’ Akiva was “so badly mistaken” in what he did, leading to the greatest slaughter of Jews in our history, perhaps greater than the recent Holocaust. AND, this was as per R’ Akiva’s belief that moshiach had already arrived allowing him to breach the three oaths!
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its clear from rambam that r akiva’s only mistake was that he thought that bar kochba was mashiach
that was only clarified once bar kochba died.
clear and obvious in rambam .
up and until bar kochba’s death , as long as bar kochba was alive he was a fitting candidate for mashiach.
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q for mr somejew here
how could the live bar kochba be a candidate for mashiach ?
did he not transgress that major and cardinal principle of judaism that man is not allowed to cause the ge’oula in any way ?
how could a so called heretic , kofer , or whatever name you want to stick on him , be mashiach ?
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