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Maimonides, Bar-Kokhba and the Mashiach
GOD’S WARS
We have already mentioned two elements that characterize the Messiah that we Jews expect :
(1) The Mashiach will be a Jewish monarch or...
5. The Bar Kokhba Rebellion and the Falling of Betar (130-135)
בתשעה באב נגזר על אבותינו שלא ייכנסו לארץ וחרב הבית בראשונה ובשניה ונלכדה בית תור ונחרשה העיר
Last week I wrote about one of the...
Where is the Etrog Originally From?
Although it is not mentioned in the Tora as one of the seven typical fruits of Israel (wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and...
TU BEAB: What do we celebrate today?
עוד ישמע בערי יהודה ובחוצות ירושלם קול ששון קול שמחה קול חתן קול כלה
We have left behind a mourning period for the Bet haMiqdash,...
TISH’A BEAB: The Day Jerusalem Could Have Been Forgotten
כֹּה אָמַר ה ’צִיּוֹן שָׂדֶה תֵחָרֵשׁ, וִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִיִּים תִּהְיֶה
Yesterday we began to explain one of the five tragic events that we remember on the...
What Tragic Events We Remember On The 9th of Ab?
This coming Saturday night, August 6th and Sunday August 7th, we will commemorate Tish'a beAb, the Jewish National Day of Mourning.
Our rabbis mentioned five...
Israel’s Housing Market and The Mashiach (Part 4)
I received many questions from Halakha of the Day readers on the subject of Mashiach. Today I am going to address two of these...
4. The beginning of the rebellion against Rome (44-60 CE)
DE MAL EN PEOR
After the death of Agrippa, the governor of Judea (Yehuda, Israel) between the years 41 and 44 of the common era, ...
Who Should Say Hello First?
רבי מתיא בן חרש אומר: הוי מקדים שלום לכל אדם
Rabbi Matya ben Harash was an important Tanna, a rabbi of the time of the...
What do we celebrate on the 15th of Ab?
Today is the 15th of the month of Ab. A very happy and special day.
In the Talmudic treatise of Ta’anit, Raban Shimon ben Gamliel...
