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1. The Berachah of Sim Shalom 2. Kera'ah Ba'al Peh 3. Sim Shalom after Birkas Kohanim
4. v'Hilchasah- Who says this? 5. Order of the Geulah 6. Shemoneh Esrei-Last Three Berachos
7. Hearing words of the Megilah that we do not understand 8. High name calling 9. Language of the Megilah
10. Serugin, Serusin, le'Mafre'a 11. Does everyone take the same time to read the Megillah? 12. Must one read what is written in order not to be considered reading it
13. What can one learn from an Arab on the Road? 14. Reading the Megilah 15. אילימא בני חמיסר וקא קרי ליה ארביסר
16. ברכת כהנים אחר הודאה
DAF DISCUSSIONS - MEGILAH 18

Elie Samet asks:

Shalom from Jerusalem!

It says in megillah 18a

Top rashi

That the order of the geulah is that the beis hamikdash will be built then beis david will come.

According to the rambam in hilchos shoftim beis david is supposed to build the beis hamikdash!

Thank you

The Kollel replies:

Rashi in Sukah 49a says that the Beis ha'Mikdash will come down from Shamayim and will not be built by a person. Therefore, Rashi sees the Beis ha'Mikdash as preceding Mashi'ach. However, the Rambam sees the Mashi'ach as preceding the Beis ha'Mikdash and therefore says the order in his way.

The text of the Shemoneh Esreh would appear to follow Rashi's view, since we say the blessing of Binyan Yerushalayim before the blessing of Malchus Beis David, and we ask Hash-m to build the Binyan.

Yoel Domb