Sunday, May 8, 2011

Noteworthy Observations

Makor Rishon had an article by Rav Shmuel Yaniv with a few noteworthy observations.

The Rav observes that the six-day war, in June 1967, was 1335 years after the death of Mohammed, in June 632. He proposes that this is a fulfillment of Daniel 12:12.

Accordingly, Rav Yaniv notes that 1290 years after the death of Mohammed, the League of Nations decided to create the British Mandate over the Land of Israel, to secure the establishment of the Jewish national home.

Finally, Rav Yaniv brings in the name of Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook that this decision was the sole decision of the League of Nations that was actually carried out. And so it seems that the League of Nations was only established for this purpose.