Temple to Temple
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National Honesty (Part 40)
In a very short space of time, Nechemiah had breathed new life into the city of...
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Strengthening Shabbat Observance (Part 41)
Having been fortunate enough to spend many a Shabbat in Jerusalem, I always feel a...
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The Canonisation of the Tanach (Part 42)
The contributions of Ezra and Nechemiah to the rebuilding of a community in Jerusalem...
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Bringing Torah to the Masses (Part 43)
The Men of the Great Assembly, led by Ezra, enacted many famous and long-standing...
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Formalising Prayer (Part 44)
Secular scholars tell us that the structure of the daily prayers we have today was...
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The Rise of the Greeks (Part 45)
The Men of the Great Assembly, which was instituted by Ezra and Nechemiah during the...
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Alexander’s Roots (Part 46)
Philip II of Macedonia, with a united Greek army, started to push back the Persian...
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Alexander’s Request (Part 47)
According to the Encyclopaedia Judaica, Alexander the Great “probably had more...
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Alexander’s Arrival in Jerusalem (Part 48)
In his commentary to Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers), Rabbinu Bachya (d. 1340)...
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Alexander’s Favour (Part 49)
One of my most beloved books is Alfred J. Kolatch’s English-Hebrew Name Dictionary. I...
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