another question left unanswered by somejew :
you claim that no man made hishtadlut is to be made even by mashiach to bring the ge’oula
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then how could r akiva and the rambam consider ben kochba as mashiach ?
he was ruled out only when he died
he should have been ruled out straight away — on the grounds of his man made attempts to bring the ge’oula ???
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Shma minah that the ge’oula can come via man made efforts ?
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