Also re, rav yaakov; i was close with an elderly oved Hashem who worked in the office for many decades, and was active in managerial issues in the yeshiva. He used to tell me stories about his early years, and he said he was there when rav shraga feivel gave a shiur following the war of independence, with him saying that he doesn’t know for sure, but that it might be the beginning of bias Hamoshiach. He said he would wait to see what the gedolei hador would say. The next say rav yaakov said clearly that it has not related to the geulah, and rav shraga feivel accepted this psak.
Marx, if you ever spent time in a brisker Yeshiva, you’d see the unusual emphasis placed on the accurate retelling of stories. One of my roshei Yeshiva said that by rav berel, the talmidim would discuss it if one time he used a different….word, yes, a different word in his explanation. They take history very seriously.
I never said that the 6 day war myth developed in the way you’re describing. Actually,i haven’t addressed that question directly, so I’ll do so now.
The state of Israel purposefully grew the myth of both the danger they were in as well as the legend of their unlikely victory. That’s artificial. I’m referring to groups of people who take their own history as seriously as they do teshuvos reb akiva eiger.
Zionist circles have a mythology, including a made up story that West point academy doesn’t teach about the 6 day war, because it’s a miracle. That’s not rooted in a misunderstanding that developed; it’s just plain, demonstrable sheker. It’s on their curriculum and you can find it on Google.
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