There are two possibilities for the arrival of the
Moshiach [Hazrat Mahdi (as)] – voluntary teshuvah
or the set time for his arrival. However, there are many sources that
indicate that ultimately the Jewish
people will do teshuvah either way.
Rabbi Eliezer says: If the Jewish people repent, they will be redeemed, and if not,
they will not be redeemed. Rabbi Yehoshua said to him: If they do not repent,
they will not be redeemed? Rather, the Holy One, blessed is He, will appoint
over them a king whose decrees will be as harsh as [those of] Haman, and the
Jewish people will repent…
[Sanhedrin
97b]
Yisrael will
not be redeemed without teshuvah, and the Torah has already
assured us that Yisrael will ultimately do teshuvah
at the end of their exile.
[Rambam, Hilchos
Teshuvah, 7:5]
Rabbi Yehudah says: If the people of Israel do
not repent, they will not be redeemed. And
they will repent only amid pin, wandering, and lack of sustenance. They
will not repent until Eliyahu arrives, as it says, “Behold, I will send you
Eliyahu HaNavi” (Malachi 3:23-24),
which is allowed by “And he will turn back [to God] the hearts of the fathers
with the sons.”
[Yalkut
Shimoni, Malachi 595]
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