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What kingdom was Melchizedek the king of?
Practically all commentators learn that Salem was Jerusalem, as it says (Gen 14.18): "And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High."
What do we ...
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Beta Israel Fetha Negest ፍትሐ ነገሥት (Law of Kings)?
The Beta Israel chachamim relay that the Ethiopian Epic Kebra Nagast ክብረ ነገሥት is of authentic origin but was "christianized" by the scribes of the mishrikist emperors and the Ethiopian ...
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Royal convert, still royal?
What is the situation with royal converts, i.e., converts who come from royal blood or are of royal relatives? Are they still royal? Do we have to stand for them as with any royal, do we not have to ...
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Why compare a groom to a king?
According to Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer (Ch. 16), a groom is similar to a king (Chosson domeh lmelech).
The Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezer lists a few points where we see similarities:
We praise a groom during ...
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Balance between Four Authorities in a theoretical Halachic Jewish State
Four types of authorities are necessary for the governing/ruling of the Jewish nation:
Prophet
Kohen Gadol / Templaic priesthood
Sanhedrin / sages
King
Throughout Jewish history until the ...
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Joshua's right to kill the rebels
Following "Power-of-a-king-to-kill-rebels", the following verse (Joshua 1:18) is used by the Gemmorah (Sanhedrin 49a) and Rambam for allowing a King to kill rebels:
"וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־...
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Evidence for the king and his Sefer Torah
One of the most defining characteristics of the Torah's king (Parshas Shoftim) is that he writes himself a Sefer Torah, carries it at all times, is constantly reading it "all the days of his life&...
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Were the idolatrous kings of Yisrael no longer Jewish? [duplicate]
In Rambam's Mishneh Torah, Laws of Idolatry 2:5 he states
יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁעָבַד עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים הֲרֵי הוּא כְּעוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים לְכָל דְּבָרָיו וְאֵינוֹ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁעוֹבֵר עֲבֵרָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ ...
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the King is in the Field
What is the source of the expression that during the month of Elul the King is in the field?
I have seen this on many occasions but could not find any source.
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Did the Kings of Simien ever try to reach out to the Sanhedrin once it was finally formed?
Is there any record of contact between the Sanhedrin and the Kings of Simien?
If not how did the Kingdom of Simien function without contact?
Did they continue to mashacht kings without contact?
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May the King execute by a method other than decapitation today?
Rambam says in Melakim uMilkhamot:
וְאֵין לַמֶּלֶךְ רְשׁוּת לַהֲרֹג אֶלָּא בְּסַיִף בִּלְבַד
The King may only execute by sword
What's the source for Rambam's codification? Does this hold today?
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Was it a problem that "every man did what was right in his own eyes" before there was a King?
Was it a deemed a problem that "every man did what was right in his own eyes" before there was a King? By the people or by G!d? Or was this seen as aproblematic or even workable and gainful ...
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What does Dovid Melech Yisrael Chai Vkayam mean?
I'm pretty sure Dovid, the king of Israel is dead and buried. If so, what does this song really mean and why do we sing it? Why do we pick Dovid specifically and not some other tzadik, like Moshe?
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Do me'ah rabbonim become a King? [closed]
I have read that me'ah(100) rabbonim together have special capacities than otherwise. Do me'ah rabbonim become a King or are they still not a king.
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Did the ancient Israelite Kings appoint royal justices?
Did the ancient Israelite Kings appoint royal justices? If so, how is this distinct from the medieval practice of appointing beurim in certain medieval Jewish communities? And what powers were these ...
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What would happen if the king was incapacitated?
If a Jewish king became incapacitated, for instance if he was in a coma, what would happen? Would a new king be appointed? Would nothing happen and the people would simply wait? Would the queen, or ...
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Can/should anyone kill a mored b'malchut?
If someone is found to have rebelled against the king (mored b'malchut), by say directly disobeying a king's order, does the rebel need to have the crime adjudicated in court or can (should?) anyone ...
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Was Yehonatan a mored b'malchut?
In Shmuel 19:1 Shaul, the king, clearly gives instructions to kill David, which he reinforces even after swearing not to kill David (v.6) by sending soldiers to kill David and even going himself to do ...
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What is the status when there are two anointed kings at the same time?
The Rabbi's teach that one kingship does not overlap with another even a hairbreadth (Yoma 38b). I understand this to mean that there may be only 1 Jewish king ruling at a time, or in the case where ...
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Can a Jewish king abdicate?
When a person is crowned as king either via anointing by an established prophet of God or by being the son of a previous king from the line of David (assuming no other siblings make a claim); can that ...
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Is there a special term for a King who is also a Rabbi?
I'm looking for whether there is a specific term or a title for a King who also happens to be a Rabbi/Chief Rabbi. In other words, both the religious authority and the political authority.
Just as an ...
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Golden tefillin for kings?
I heard in a shiur that Achav, as much as a רשע he was during his reign, actually was a very big תלמיד חכם in Torah knowledge and even wore golden tefilin all day long. Apparently all מלכי ישראל were ...
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Is it permissible to have multiple kings at the same time
According to Halacha, is it permissible to have multiple kings govern over Israel at the same time? Like could you have different kings each governing but all accountable to say a greater king or ...
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When did the Jews cry out about their king in fulfillment of Shmuel's prophecy?
In 1 Shmuel 8 Shmuel the Navi explains the laws of the king to the Jewish people and concludes with an apparent prophecy in pasuk 18:
וּזְעַקְתֶּם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא מִלִּפְנֵ֣י מַלְכְּכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר ...
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Milchemes mitzvah in Shoftim according to Rambam
According to the Rambam that you need a Melech for a milchemes mitzvah, how does the Rambam understand all the milchamos in the book of Shoftim?
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Is a Jewish Queen allowable?
The Torah gives us halachos of a king, but I'm curious whether anyone discusses whether it is halachically acceptable to have a female reigning monarch - a queen, and if there was one, whether she ...
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Democratically elected leader vs King
I've heard that a number of different opinions suggest that a king is not the ideal situation, but that the Torah gives us halachos of monarchy because that's what people often want. At the time that ...
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If Jews conquer a random new land does it become holy like Eretz Yisrael? How might this relate to kibbush yachid? And does kibbush yachid even count?
If Jews conquered New York City let's say does New York City become holy just like Eretz Yisrael?
What if a "Jewish king" declared it as a Jewish state? I'm very curious..
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Do non-Israelite soldiers in the army of an Israelite king observe Shabbat?
Does וְגֵרְךָ, אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ apply to non-Israelite soldiers serving in the army of an Israelite king?
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Splitting of Power between Judges and Kings
In Dvarim 16, G-d orders the Judges to judge the nation. In the next chapter the concept of a Jewish King is introduced.
It seems like the Torah supports splitting of powers.
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Which political system is the one most promoted/considered generally "correct"/optimal in the Torah & Jewish sources? [duplicate]
The Torah discusses kingship and G-d, blessed be He, and the problems that it could lead to. There is of course the infamous kritarchy (rule by Judges) and the results it produced. However, I've seen ...
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Can someone with a blemish be king?
I saw somewhere recently that when Tzidkkiyahu was blinded, he was invalidated from hypothetically returning to rule over Judea as king, because he now had a halachic blemish (מום). Is this true, that ...
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Source for how Agag had a child after being captured
Many years ago when I learned the story of King Shaul and Agag I recall learning that the Amalekites were master sorcerers and that the way King Agag was able to perpetuate his line was by cohabiting ...
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Why are none of the Pharaohs in the Torah identified by name?
Throughout the Torah, the various Egyptian Pharaohs are always referred to as simply "Pharaoh" or "the king of Egypt" (or both), but never with any other parts of their official titulary.
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Why did Jewish kings wear crowns?
It appears that Jewish kings wore crowns. See for example Shmuel Bet 1:10, 12:30.
The Torah does not instruct a king to wear a crown. Obviously the king can wear pretty much whatever he wants within ...
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Was Assir a son of Jeconiah or an attribute of him?
In 1 Chronicles 3:17 in the most acclaimed versions it is stated that the sons of Jeconiah were Assir and Shealtiel.
Would it be a mistranslation to put Assir as if he were a person when it could be ...
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Criteria for legitimate kings
Why do they say that Zerubbabel is not called king but governor as in the book of Haggai simply because he was placed by the Persians while Jehoiakim and Zedekiah are considered legitimate kings being ...
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Why Yosef became the king of Egypt?
Why H'shem chose specifically Yosef to become the king of Egypt and not another brother? Wasn't it more suitable to Yehuda, for instance, who already represented the "Malchut" of Israel, or ...
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Why is the King of Nineveh in Yonah unnamed?
To clarify, I'm not asking who the King of Nineveh in Sefer Yonah was. I'm simply wondering why he's unnamed (see Yonah 3:6-7). He was probably some sort of Assyrian ruler, and several of those were ...
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Theoretically, in a perfect environment, what would happen if a king would commit a capital crime?
The Mishna (according to the Gemara) says that kings of the house of Yehuda (basically, the good kings) and all kings before King Yannai would be judged, and the Radvaz writes that (in theory), a king ...
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Who was Tzimtzemai Malketa?
In Shabbat 63a it says:
"On the topic of Jerusalem, Raḥava said that Rabbi Yehuda said: The logs of Jerusalem used for fuel were from the cinnamon tree, and when they would ignite them, their ...
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What Ever Happened To Palti Ben Laish After He Returned Michal To King David?
Did he end up marrying someone else? I feel so bad for him that someone he loved so dearly was taken away from him after being teased. etc. I'm not condemning What King David did but hindsight he ...
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When can leaders lie to their people?
I am looking for Jewish sources that discuss when leaders can justifiably lie to their people for a greater purpose. (Reasons might be to avoid a panic, to avoid revealing sensitive secrets, to spare ...
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How do we determine the nature of the reign of the kings when the numbers don't seem to add up?
In the book of 2 Kings, the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were separate.
In Amaziah's (Judah) 15th year, Jeroboam (Israel) began to reign. In Jeroboam's (Israel) 27th year, Azariah (Judah) began to ...
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Is anything else known about King Ahab's sister, who according to the medrish was a Judean queen?
In I Kings 16:22, Rashi quotes Seder Olam that King Asa, the righteous king of Judea, married his son Yehoshafat (also a good guy) to the daughter of the not-so-righteous King Omri of North Israel.
Of ...
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Why didn't Yehoshafat intervene?
In Melachim 1:22:7-28 and in Divrei Hayamim 2:18:6-27 we're told that Yehoshafat joined his father-in-law Achav to do battle with Aram. Unsure of the future, they decide to ask prophets what will be ...
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Why does David refuse to kill Shimi b. Gera, but then later tell Shlomo to kill him?
II Samuel 16:5-14
And king David came to Bahurim and, behold, there came out of there a man from the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera, coming forth and cursing. ...
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melech lemech klum - What is the source? מלך למך כלם
What is the source of this abbreviation?
melech is an acronym for: m = moach (brain), l = lev (heart), k =
kaved (liver)
if a person is as he should be, so he is melech (king) [brain rules],
if a ...
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Why must Jewish kingship be hereditary?
As we see in the scriptures many kings from the line of David sinned and caused devastation in Israel.
What is the logical reason for kingship being inherited no matter what kind of person is the king?...
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Was Bar Kochba a King?
The Rambam (Hilchot Melachim 11:8) says the following:
ואם יעמוד מלך מבית דויד הוגה בתורה ועוסק במצוות כדויד אביו, כפי תורה שבכתב ושבעל פה, ויכוף כל ישראל לילך בה ולחזק בדקה, ויילחם מלחמות ה'--הרי ...
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