Editing Ben Koziba (section)

== Those Who Killed Him ==
Some say that The Jews killed Ben Koziba because he did not have the sign of "morach v'dain" (ability to judge by smell/intuition), and it became clear that he was not Moshiach. Some say that the gentiles killed him, and through this it was revealed that he was not Moshiach. And some say that the gentiles killed him after the hands of Israel were weakened when they saw that he was not the King Moshiach.

However, in light of the Rebbe's explanation that in the Messianic era there will be two periods (a first period in which "the world continues according to its natural order," and a second period in which all the physical prophecies that involve changes to the natural order will occur), the Rebbe explains that the dispute among the Rishonim is not about the identity of who killed Ben Koziba. According to all opinions, in actual practice, the gentiles killed him. The dispute is that according to the Raavad, from the beginning of the Messianic era there is a change in the natural order, and therefore, since Ben Koziba was not "morach v'dain," he had the status of a "rodef" (pursuer). He endangered the Jewish people with his war, and this is considered as if the Sages killed him, because by their ruling that he deserved death—he was already considered dead (though in practice the gentiles killed him). But according to the Rambam, who holds that at the beginning of the Messianic era there will be no change in the natural order, therefore the fact that Ben Koziba was not "morach v'dain" (which is a matter of changing the natural order)—is not sufficient to rule that he is not the Moshiach, and he was not liable for death, and his killers—even from the halachic perspective—were only the gentiles.
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