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The shofar of the Jubilee year will announce liberty throughout the land, just as the shofar of Elijah will proclaim the final redemption.

-Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 31a
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  • In Nisan they were redeemed, and in Nisan they will be redeemed in the future.
  • At the end of days, Elijah will stand on the mountains of Israel and blow the great shofar, proclaiming the time of redemption.
  • Elijah will resolve all disputes in the end of days, including those about the calendar and the times appointed for redemption.
  • The sentence of the generation of the Flood lasted twelve months, the sentence of the Egyptians lasted twelve months, the sentence of Job lasted twelve months, the sentence of Gog of Magog lasts twelve months, the sentence of the wicked in Gehenna lasts twelve months. Nebuchadnezzar was three and a half years. Sennacherib was over three and a half years. Vespasian was three and a half years.
  • What were these twelve months for? From the [new collection] they would offer the continual sacrifices and the additional sacrifices, the libations, the omer, the two loaves, and the showbread, all the communal offerings, and the guards of the towers of Edar [Migdal Eder] and the guards of the city.
  • In the days of the Messiah, the earth will produce cakes and fine wool garments, and the calendar will reflect the abundance of the divine blessings.