Questions tagged [northern-kingdom]
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Israelite/Jewish flags
Does the Talmud or any other Jewish sources for that matter discuss and/or describe any flags that were associated with ancient Israelite/Jewish kingdoms?
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In the 2nd temple period would "the Samaritans" refer to the same group as "the lost sheep of the house of Israel"?
I have read various articles about Samaritans:
http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13058-samaria
http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13059-samaritans
However, I'm still not clear if Samaritans ...
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Did the wicked kings know how to learn?
The Gemara (Sanhedrin 102a) says Jeroboam I was almost as great as King David:
וירבעם יצא מירושלים אמר ר' חנינא בר פפא שיצא מפיתקה של ירושלים (מלכים א יא, כט) וימצא אותו אחיה השילוני הנביא בדרך ...
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Do Chazal speak harshly of Sh'lomo for his high taxes?
As described in Ⅰ M'lachim 12 and Ⅱ Divre Hayamim 10, after Sh'lomo's passing, his son, R'chav'am, took the throne. The people immediately demanded a reprieve from Sh'lomo's extremely high ...
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Sanctuaries at Beis El and Dan
There is no indication that the Northern Tribes created anything other than a tent "mishkan" in Dan and Beis El, or that even the Samaritans built anything other than a mishkan at Gerizim as there was ...
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