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It all started with a vow – a solemn promise made by Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, to Nebuchadnezzar. But things went south, as they often do in these stories. Zedekiah, for re...
The story of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile, is a powerful example. We find it told in fascinating detail in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews. Zedekiah ...
Let me tell you about Nebuchadnezzar. For eighteen years, can you imagine, eighteen years daily, a heavenly voice boomed through his palace! This wasn't some quiet whisper; this wa...
We remember him most vividly, perhaps, from the Binding of Isaac, the Akeidah. A moment of ultimate faith, ultimate sacrifice averted at the last possible second. But what about th...
We're traveling alongside the exiled Jews, trudging through the dust after the destruction of the First Temple. Nebuchadnezzar, that infamous king, is marching them to Babylon, and...
Here, we learn about the not-so-neighborly behavior of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, and Arabs toward the Israelites. While the Bariites—known for their compassion—didn't have...
It wasn't just the non-Jews, the "heathen," who were struggling in those days. Even among the Jewish people, there were those deeply immersed in sin. And among them, two figures st...
We know the "what" – the Babylonian empire crumbled. But what about the how? And what role did the Jewish people, and even matzah, play in this epic downfall? The story in the Book...
Around the time of Ezra, a pivotal figure in Jewish history, Babylon, that mighty, ancient city, suffered a devastating blow. The Persians swept through, leaving only a small, impe...
