Fascinating rabbi quote
The below rabbi quote was sent to me today by a friend. It is a different
and interesting take on the 2,000 years, or "two days" of Hosea 6:2. What is
also interesting is that the 2,000 years calculated this way land exactly on the Gregorian
year 2000! So here we have 2,000 combined years of exile ending in the year 2,000! The
extreme unlikelihood almost gives me goose bumps.
By the way, Rabbi Chaim Richman is well-respected, and has been working closely with
American cattleman Clyde Lott and his red heifers.
QUOTE:
"...This Tisha B'Av marks 1930 years since the destruction of the
Holy
Temple.and added together with the 70 years of Babylonian exile following
the destruction of the First Temple, this effectively completes 2,000 years
of "exile" without the Temple. These 2,000 years are two of G-d's
"days" - for
in Moses' prayer we read that "a thousand years in Your sight is like
yesterday when it passes" (Psalms 90:4). Thus G-d consoles us that "After
two days He will revive us, in the third day He will raise us up, and we
will live in His presence" (Hosea 6:2)...."
Rabbi Chaim Richman
THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE
Jerusalem