
Jewish salvation
"You who repose in the dust: Awaken and sing joyful praises!"
(Yeshayahu 26:19)
| יט יִחְיוּ מֵתֶיךָ, נְבֵלָתִי יְקוּמוּן; הָקִיצוּ
וְרַנְּנוּ שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר, כִּי טַל אוֹרֹת טַלֶּךָ, וָאָרֶץ, רְפָאִים תַּפִּיל. {פ} |
19 Thy dead shall
live, my dead bodies shall arise--awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust--for Thy dew is as the dew
of light, and the earth shall bring to life the shades. {P} |
The thirteenth Principle of Faith enumerated by Maimonides is
belief in Techiyas HaMeisim, the Resurrection of the Dead. Resurrection figures frequently in our daily prayers and
is echoed in many of our daily customs.
Though Rabbinic literature abounds with references to this
subject, few are aware of its details. Certainly for the English reader, many of the primary sources are not easily
accessible. Hence the present work, an overview which ranges from the Scriptures to contemporary Rabbinic writings,
and is based primarily on the published talks and letters of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M.
Schneerson.[1][*]
The writing of these pages forms part of the worldwide
program of study about the Messianic era and thereafter, initiated by the Rebbe. It is the hope of the author that
through the publication of this and similar works, we will all merit the coming of Mashiach and the Resurrection
speedily in our own days
1. * A responsum by the Rebbe on the Resurrection was originally
published in Kovetz Lubavitch, then in Teshuvos U'Biurim, and later in the Rebbe's Igros Kodesh (Letters),
Vol. I, p. 141ff.
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