Moshiach's Name
Moshiach's Name
‘What is Moshiach’s name? The school of R. Shiloh said his name is Shiloh...the school of R. Yanai: His name is Yinnon... the school of R. Chaninah maintained: His name is Chaninah ... others say his name is: Menachem son of Chezkiyah...’ (Sanhedrin 98b)
There are four opinions as to the name of Moshiach — [in Midrash Rabbah there is opinion that his name is Tzemach, however this is the same as Menachem, because the numerical value of ՖՄՈ (Tzemach) is 138 as is also the numerical value of ՄՐՈՄ (Menach em) …] — and they don’t contradict one another. All of these are correct, as the word ՄՒՂՄ (Moshiach) is an acronym of all the above mentioned names: Menachem, Shiloh, Yannon and Chaninah. (Likkutei Levi Yitzchok on Pesachim p. 106)
LAST MOMENTS... FINAL WORDS...
The hillulo-yahrtzeit of the saintly sage and Kabbalist Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, [the Rebbe’s father,] is on 20 Menachem Av 5704 (1944). He passed away in exile in the city of Alma Atta, Kazakhstan.
....He was very ill in the weeks before his histalkus. He davened daily in bed and he was assisted in donning his tefillin.
Three days before his histalkus, due to his physical deterioration, the straps of the tefillin shel rosh had to be modified. He asked that I summon R. Yaakov Yosef [Raskin] to do this.
The last morning, it was obvious that his situation had worsened. He did not stop murmuring and whispering visibly; his lips were moving constantly. He was suffering terribly. . . several times he asked me to change his lying position, or to sit him up . . . This I did — there was nothing too difficult for me to do for him!
In a time such as this, one reveals super-natural inner strength.
There were now many friends and followers in our house. They did everything possible to help in any way they could. . .
From the Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chanah (written 5708)
. . .During that time he suddenly awoke, opened his eyes, and asked for water for netilas yodaim (ritual hand-washing). When this was done, he said: Men darf zich ariberchapen af yenner zeit . . . ([I] have to go over to “that side”) … These were his last words on Tuesday night (the eve of 20 Menachem Av).
The next day, Wednesday 20th Av, his situation worsened critically. Reb Hirshel Rabinowitz o.b.m. [whose dedication and loyalty to HaRav Levi Yitzchok was legendary, together with his brother Reb Mendel Rabinowitz, o.b.m.] was one of those standing vigil and attending HaRav Levi Yitzchok at his bedside. When he bent over to hear what HaRav Levi Yitzchok was murmuring, he heard fragments of phrases: R. Levi Yitzchok said with a sigh: — — ve’Ikvosecha lo noi’do’u (“Your footsteps were unknown”) (Tehillim 77:20) — — Ay! Ikvos Meshicha — — Ikvos Meshicha
(Toldos Levi Yitzchok)
DESCENDANT OF “BEIS DOVID”
...The Baal haHillulo Horav Levi Yitzchok is a descendant of Dovid, as is well known that he was a seventh generation from the Alter Rebbe, who was a seventh generation from the Maharal of Prague – and the Maharal traced his lineage to Dovid.
This is also related to what it says in Gemmara (Talmud Taanis 26a), that on the 20th of Av (the day of the Hillulo-yahrtzeit) a family from the house of Dovid offered the korban eitzim (wood offering) in the Beis HaMikdash.
Sefer HaSichos 5749 (18 Av) p. 650
