Honestly, I’ve heard so many stories about gedolim claiming Mashiach will come, and I never had any verification of them – except in once case. The one case was when R’ Elya Svei said that Mashiach would come in 2009. My brother was there and heard him say it in Darchei Torah. Obviously, Mashiach did not come in 2009.
I hope no one will consider it disrespectful of me to say
sorry, really not comfortable with that statement. – 29
By the way, due to the sad situation in Eretz Yisrael’s yeshiva world, don’t believe too quickly any stories about Rav Chaim, Rav Aharon Leib Steinman, or Rav Shmuel Auerbach.
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