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Monday, April 30, 2007

Rabbi Reveals Name of the Messiah

Shortly before he died, one of Israel's most prominent rabbis wrote

the name of the Messiah on a small note which he requested would

remain sealed until now. When the note was opened, it revealed what

many have known for centuries: Yehoshua, or Yeshua (Jesus), is the

Messiah.

A few months before he died, one of the nation's most prominent

rabbis, Yitzhak Kaduri, supposedly wrote the name of the Messiah on a

small note which he requested would remain sealed until now. When the

note was unsealed, it revealed what many have known for centuries:

Yehoshua, or Yeshua (Jesus), is the Messiah.

With the biblical name of Jesus, the Rabbi and kabbalist described

the Messiah using six words and hinting that the initial letters form

the name of the Messiah. The secret note said:

Concerning the letter abbreviation of the Messiah's name, He will

lift the people and prove that his word and law are valid.

Thisis I have signed in the month of mercy,

Yitzhak Kaduri

The Hebrew sentence (translated above in bold) with the hidden name

of the Messiah reads: Yarim Ha'Am Veyokhiakh Shedvaro Vetorato Omdim

The initials spell the Hebrew name of Jesus, Yehoshua. Yehoshua and

Yeshua are eectively the same name, derived from the same Hebrew

root of the word "salvation" as documented in Zechariah 6:11 and Ezra

3:2. The same priest writes in Ezra, "Yeshua son of Yozadak" while

writing in Zechariah "Yehoshua son of Yohozadak." The priest adds

the holy abbreviation of God's name, ho, in the father's name Yozadak

and in the name Yeshua.

With one of Israel's most prominent rabbis indicating the name of the

Messiah is Yeshua, it is understandable why his last wish was to wait

one year after his death before revealing what he wrote.

When the name of Yehoshua appeared in Kaduri's message, ultra-

Orthodox Jews from his Nahalat Yitzhak Yeshiva (seminary) in

Jerusalem argued that their master did not leave the exact solution

for decoding the Messiah's name.

The revelation received scant coverage in the Israeli media. Only the

Hebrew websites News First Class (Nfc) and Kaduri.net mentioned the

Messiah note, insisting it was authentic. The Hebrew daily Ma'ariv

ran a story on the note but described it as a forgery.

Jewish readers responded on the websites' forums with mixed

feelings: "So this means Rabbi Kaduri was a Christian?" and "The

Christians are dancing and celebrating, " were among the comments.

Israel Today spoke to two of Kaduri's followers in Jerusalem who

admitted that the note was authentic, but confusing for his followers

as well. "We have no idea how the Rabbi got to this name of the

Messiah," one of them said.

Yet others completely deny any possibility that the note is

authentic. Kaduri's son, Rabbi David Kaduri, said that at the time

the note was written (September 2005), his father's physical

condition made it impossible for him to write.

KADURI'S PORTRAYAL OF THE MESSIAH

A few months before Kaduri died at the age of 108, he surprised his

followers when he told them that he met the Messiah. Kaduri gave a

message in his synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement,

teaching how to recognize the Messiah. He also mentioned that the

Messiah would appear to Israel after Ariel Sharon's death. (The

former prime minister is still in a coma after suffering a massive

stroke more than a year ago.)

Other rabbis predict the same, including Rabbi Haim Cohen, kabbalist

Nir Ben Artzi and the wife of Rabbi Haim Kneiveskzy.

Kaduri's grandson, Rabbi Yosef Kaduri, said his grandfather spoke

many times during his last days about the coming of the Messiah and

redemption through the Messiah.

His spiritual portrayals of the Messiah—reminiscent of New Testament

accounts—were published on the websites Kaduri.net and Nfc:

"It is hard for many good people in society to understand the person

of the Messiah. The leadership and order of a Messiah of flesh and

blood is hard to accept for many in the nation. As leader, the

Messiah will not hold any office, but will be among the people and

use the media to communicate. His reign will be pure and without

personal or political desire. During his dominion, only righteousness

and truth will reign.

"Will all believe in the Messiah right away? No, in the beginning

some of us will believe in him and some not. It will be easier for

non-religious people to follow the Messiah than for Orthodox people.

"The revelation of the Messiah will be fullled in two stages: First,

he will actively confirm his position as Messiah without knowing

himself that he is the Messiah. Then he will reveal himself to some

Jews, not necessarily to wise Torah scholars. It can be even simple

people. Only then he will reveal himself to the whole nation. The

people will wonder and say: `What, that's the Messiah?' Many have

known his name but have not believed that he is the Messiah."

FAREWELL TO A 'TSADIK'

Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri was known for his photographic memory and his

memorization of the Bible, the Talmud, Rashi and other Jewish

writings. He knew Jewish sages and celebrities of the last century

and rabbis who lived in the Holy Land and kept the faith alive before

the State of Israel was born.

Kaduri was not only highly esteemed because of his age of 108. He was

charismatic and wise, and chief rabbis looked up to him as a Tsadik,

a righteous man or saint. He would give advice and blessings to

everyone who asked. Thousands visited him to ask for counsel or

healing. His followers speak of many miracles and his students say

that he predicted many disasters.

When he died, more than 200,000 people joined the funeral procession

on the streets of Jerusalem to pay their respects as he was taken to

hisfinal resting place.

"When he comes, the Messiah will rescue Jerusalem from foreign

religions that want to rule the city," Kaduri once said. "They will

not succeed for they will fight against one another."

THE RABBI'S FOLLOWERS REACT

In an interview with Israel Today, Rabbi David Kaduri, the 80-year-

old son of the late Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri, denied that his father left

a note with the name Yeshua just before he died.

"It's not his writing," he said when we showed him a copy of the

note.

During a nighttime meeting in the Nahalat Yitzhak Yeshiva in

Jerusalem, books with the elder Kaduri's handwriting from 80 years

ago were presented to us in an attempt to prove that the Messiah note

was not authentic.

When we told Rabbi Kaduri that his father's official website

(www.kaduri. net) had mentioned the Messiah note, he was shocked. "Oh

no! That's blasphemy. The people could understand that my father

pointed to him [the Messiah of the Christians]. "

David Kaduri confirmed, however, that in his last year, his father

had talked and dreamed almost exclusively about the Messiah and his

coming. "My father has met the Messiah in a vision," he said, "and

told us that he would come soon."

Israel Today was given access to many of the rabbi's manuscripts,

written in his own hand for the exclusive use of his students. Most

striking were the cross-like symbols painted by Kaduri all over the

pages. In the Jewish tradition, one does not use crosses. In fact,

even the use of a plus sign is discouraged because it might be

mistaken for a cross.

But there they were, scribbled in the rabbi's own hand. When we asked

what those symbols meant, Rabbi David Kaduri said they were "signs of

the angel." Pressed further about the meaning of the "signs of the

angel," he said he had no idea. Rabbi David Kaduri went on to explain

that only his father had had a spiritual relationship with God and

had met the Messiah in his dreams.

Orthodox Jews around the Nahalat Yitzhak Yeshiva told Israel Today a

few weeks later that the story about the secret note of Rabbi Kaduri

should never have come out, and that it had damaged the name the

revered old sage.

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