Reclaiming Redemption - Deciphering the maze of Jewish History

History has a beginning and an end; advancing history to its conclusion is called redemption. Redemption isn’t just a prophecy but is a core value of Jewish belief.

To understand the culmination, we must zoom out and take the long view of Jewish history; by exploring prophecies, Chazal, and previous redemptions, we can build a vocabulary of Geulah.

What are the challenges of redemption? What role does land play in religious identity? How do the dramatic revolutions of the past affect redemption?

In this momentous work, we reach back across the generations to hear the voice of our people and their struggle to represent Hashem in this world—and to reclaim the great love between Hashem and His Chosen People.

“There are books that are fascinating to read. There are books that contain timeless messages and eternal insights. This book combines both of these qualities… gives the reader a perspective upon our current time of confusion and of hope tinged with despair.”

Rabbi Berel Wein

About the author:

Rabbi Moshe Taragin has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion for the past thirty years. He has semichah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a BA in Computer Science from Yeshiva College, and an MA in English Literature from City University. Rabbi Taragin previously taught Talmud at Columbia University, lectured in Talmud and Bible at the IBC and JSS divisions of Yeshiva University, and served as assistant rabbi at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue.

In addition, Rabbi Taragin currently teaches at the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion. He is the author of the internet shiur, “Talmudic Methodology” with over 5,000 subscribers, a weekly shiur on Pirkei Avos with over 1,400 subscribers, and has delivered thousands of audio shiurim featured on YU Torah as well as the Yeshivat Har Etzion “Audio Beit Midrash” (KMTT) on Gemara, mussar, and Chassidus.

Rabbi Taragin is a frequent lecturer in communities across the Jewish world. He has authored a collection of religious and moral responses to October 7th entitled Dark Clouds Above, Faith Below, published by Kodesh Press. Additionally, he is a weekly columnist for the Jerusalem Post and six other Jewish weeklies on issues of Religion and Modernity and also authors a weekly column, Geulas Yisrael for the OU Israel Torah journal.

Rabbi Taragin and his wife have eight children and reside in Gush Etzion.

By: Rabbi Moshe Taragin