Q&A: If the Messiah Does Not Come
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If the Messiah Does Not Come
Question
If the Messiah does not come, what will we do? How will we be able to abolish the second festival day observed in the Diaspora? And what will we do in the year 6000, when our calendar “runs out”? Will we then have to rely on Maimonides’ approach to renewing ordination?
Answer
It can be abolished even without the Messiah, through broad agreement. Will that happen? Probably not anytime soon. In any case, whoever immigrates to the Land of Israel is exempt from it, and whoever doesn’t—it serves him right.
Why does it serve him right?