Final Stage of Gog uMagog

According to the writings of the Vilna Gaon, zs'l, a sign of the Gog uMagog war is its breaking out on the Jewish holiday of Hoshana Rabba (the 7th day of the Sukkot holiday), just after the conclusion of the 7th or shmitah [agricultural sabbatical] year.

The Mazishov Admor האדמו"ר מזצ'ישוב zs'l explains that when Moshe Rabbenu zs'l asked HaShem (Parshat Shemot) "שלח נא ביד תשלח" "Please send by the hand that You will send". (send someone else to Paroah). The word נא (please) in Gematria is 51. The Admor said 200 hundred years ago, that this is a clear indication that Gog uMagog will begin Hoshana Raba, 51 days after Rosh Chodesh Elul.

The Saintly Rav Kaduri, zs'l, also said that the seven years of Gog uMagog begun on Hoshana Rabbah (the seventh day of the Feast of Booths) in the first year of a shmittah cycle, 2001, and would conclude at the end of the next Shmittah cycle, 5769. He said that it would be the year of the war. Yehoshua Meiri, explained Rabbi Kaduri's understanding of the events based on the calculations of the Vilna Gaon: "On Hashanah Rabba, the actual war of Gog and Magog will commence and will last for seven years," said Meiri.

On Hoshana Raba, Divine Judgement is excuted, as it says; "...On the 7th day of the Succot Holiday; i.e: Hoshana Raba, the judgement of the nations of the world is finalized. Sentences are issued from the residence of the King. Judgements are aroused and executed on that day." (Zohar Vayikra 31b).

The actual war of Gog uMagog started in Afghanistan, precise to the minute, at 9:30 p.m. on the night of Hoshana Rabba, 5761, the time when the final judgment on the nations of the world is sealed and execution begins.

It is also worth noting that it was exactly 26 days from the WTC attack to Hoshana Rabba. The number 26 is an allusion to Whom is making the judgment. The judgment is coming from Hashem directly (the numerical value of HaShem's name is 26).

We have now entered the final stage.
The date of Hoshana Raba 5769 is 21 Tishrei, October 20, 2008, in 14 days...