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Yechezkel after having been exiled with Yehoyachin to Babylon prophesised outside the land of Israel about the Divine Chariot and punishment of the nations who slaughter the Jewish people, and the dimensions of final Beis Hamikdash to be rebuilt in our days.

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What is the meaning of the prophecy in Ezekiel 26?

Abarbanel discusses this issue in his commentary on Yechezkel 26:1: השאלה השישית בכפל המאמרים שאמר הנביא על מפלת צור כי אחרי שאמר ושחתו חומות צור והרסו מגדליה וסחתי עפרה ממנה ונתתי אותה לצחיח סלע משט …
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Does Ezekiel 16:3-6 say that Jerusalem was a ravaged Canaanite/Amorite/Hittite city and that...

It would seem so - we know that historically, prior to David's conquest of the city, Yerushalayim was controlled at times by the Hittites and the Amorites. In Yehoshua 10:5 it says: "The five Amorite …
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Sources for the Rambam's hierarchy of angels

Placing the Chayot at the top of the hierarchy is brought in Tanna Devei Eliyahu Rabbah 31:2: "כיצד ישב הקב"ה וברא את עולמו חמש שיטות בדבר זה שטה ראשונה ברא הקב"ה שני אלפים רבבות כרובים ושני אלפים רב …
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Yehudah ibn Balaam's Commentary on Yechezkel

It's available for free on the Genizah website. All you need to do is sign up (for free), then go to the Judeo-Arabic section and look for his commentary on Yechezkel. The first thing you'll see is th …
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Daniel or Danel

As this question is still open, I will attempt to explain the issue. In the comments, you expressed relief when I mentioned that I knew of religious (Orthodox) Jews who saw no problem with Daniel of E …
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Why "Snir" in Yechezkel 27:5?

In Devarim 3:9 it says that the Tzidonim would call Mt. Chermon "Sirion" and the Amorim would call it "Snir". However, when Yechezkel laments the fall of Tzor, which is in Tzidon, he refers to Chermon …
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The meaning of Ezekiel 20:25?

Asher Weiser in his commentary on the verse explains that the laws and ordinances given by Hashem seemed not good because Yisrael interpreted them wrong.
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What happened to Sefer Yechezkel before Chananyah ben Chizkiyah ben Guriyon?

Yechezkel's undisputed prophetic status and important leadership role in the Judahite community are currently only known from the book itself (i.e., he's not known to be mentioned in other contemporan …
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How and why does a Jubilee year cause Rosh Hashanah to take place on the 10th day of the month?

According to Menachem Zohari in his series of books on the sources of Rashi's commentary on Tanach, "Mekorot Rashi", in the book on Yechezkel, Rashi's sources for this commentary are: The Talmud in E …
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