Reply To: Clarification to mod and DaMoshe

Yb,

“ Was there no group of people thirsting for geula like you, in the whole 1900 plus years since the Hurban ?

Would you feel comfortable to answer ‘yes’ to the above question ?”

I cannot put myself in the mindset of our people t throughout our entire golus. Maybe there was speculation (as there was by the third Chabad Rebbe) but nothing came of it, and it died out.

Other factors: for much of our history, world Jewry was separated. Ashkenazim hardly knew of the Rambam, and Sephardim hardly knew of Rashi. Which would make speculation unlikely.

Also, for much of our history, there wasn’t much time for any speculation when we were just busy with literal survival.

All I can do is explain the mindset of today’s Chabad…