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  • The English word “messiah” comes from the Hebrew word moshiach, which simply means “an anointed one.”

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • The English word “messiah” comes from the Hebrew word moshiach, which simply means “an anointed one.”

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • He was genuinely convinced the messiah - "moshiach" to Orthodox Jews - would come in his lifetime.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • Schneerson, still thought to be the moshiach, or messiah, by many followers despite his death in 1994, characterized the Holocaust as an operation by God, “the specialist surgeon” who cuts off a “hopelessly poisoned” limb in order to “save the life of the patient,” i.e., “the Jewish people.”

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • But the Midrashwell, it mentions the moshiach a lot, and he looks different every time.

    Change of Heart Jodi Picoult 2008

  • Specially when it is out of ignorance, since it is clear to anyone who knows the movement that those who believe that the Rebbe is moshiach are just a small minority in proportion.

    25th Hour | Jewschool 2007

  • MaxKohanzad · October 20th, 2007 at 2:37 pm according to strict halacha it is possible for the Rebbe to be moshiach even though he passed away. how so?

    An interesting letter | Jewschool 2007

  • He was “anointed” as a priest by his brother Moses and is referred to in the Hebrew text as a “moshiach” or “messiah” Exodus 40:12–15.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • He was “anointed” as a priest by his brother Moses and is referred to in the Hebrew text as a “moshiach” or “messiah” Exodus 40:12–15.

    The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006

  • Other brillaint Hertzberg quotes, “The right-wing is heading towards making Israel the new South Africa,” and “If the moshiach is going to come in our day, he shoulda come to Auschwitz.”

    Hertzberg & Yoffie On The Future of Zionism | Jewschool 2003

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