Q: What is the Messiah from the perspective of a Kabbalist?
A: The term, “Messiah,” comes from the Hebrew word “pulling.” This refers to the pulling of people up from the ignominious worldliness to a higher level. Messiah is a spiritual force, the Upper Light; the Upper Spiritual Force that descends to our world and corrects mankind, raising us to a higher level of consciousness. It is quite possible that along with it will also be certain people, leaders, who will teach others to come out to the spiritual world, but in principle, it is a spiritual force, not a flesh-and- blood personality.