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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...
And after that, a grand feast for everyone in the capital city of Shushan. Now, according to the Megillah—the Scroll of Esther—the king wasn't trying to antagonize anyone with this...
Sometimes, the answer is more surprising than you think. We often focus on the great men – the kings, the warriors, the prophets. But what about the women behind the scenes? The un...
