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Why is belief in Mashiach a cardinal principle of faith when it seems to focus on future events? The shiur develops a yesod that our current world is fundamentally amoral and disconnected from divine reality since Adam's sin. The Messianic age represents when existence will finally reflect God's will authentically, making our moral actions genuinely real rather than illusory.
Rabbi Zweig addresses the fundamental question of why belief in Mashiach is considered a cardinal principle of faith, exploring what we are truly anticipating beyond simple redemption or revenge. He begins by examining the theological problem of how the world can exist despite not reflecting God's will, tracing this back to Adam HaRishon's sin in Gan Eden. The shiur analyzes the verse "b'yom achalcha mimenu mos tamus" - that Adam should have died for eating from the Tree of Knowledge, which would have necessitated a new creation. However, God had already programmed into creation the possibility that the world could exist without reflecting His will, demonstrated when He commanded "etz pri oseh pri" (fruit tree making fruit) but the bark didn't taste like the fruit. This allowed the world to survive even after sin.
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