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Though I still I don't know who argues that Zerubavel only held gubernatorial and not kingly status simply because he was given the leadership position by the Persians as opposed to the Babylonian or …

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 n …

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 fragran …

But the word מָלַךְ is the same for all of these kings - wouldn't all of the מָלַךְs either refer to the beginning of a co-regency, or the beginning of a reign alone? And if not: how do we differentia …

While I personally agree that when no name given, the story becomes timeless and can be expanded to all generations, as @avi said, Rabbi Philip Biberfeld in "Universal Jewish History", vol. 2, pg. 87, …

Rabbi Mordechai Hakohen in his book "אישים ותקופות" (People and Eras), pg. 105-108, discusses this issue and concludes, based on various midrashim and aggadatot on Bar Kochva, together with the coins …

Some of the commentators (Radak, Ralbag and Chomat Anach) say this term may refer to Menashe having killed the prophet Yesha'ayahu, per the Talmud in Yevamot 49b. Elsewhere Ralbag wrote that he thinks …

Amalekites and magic: The Amalekites' ability to change into animals is brought by Rashi on Shmuel 1:15:3 and the Rid on the same verse, and mentioned as a midrash in the Kitzur Ba'al Haturim's commen …

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 t …

In Divrei Hayamim 2:21:2 it says: "He had brothers, sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah; all these were sons of King Jehoshaphat of Israel. But Yehosha …

Rabbi Yitzchak Danzig wrote in Beit Yitzchak, pg. 53: "...גם הראיה שהביאו הלומדים מזכריה מלך ישראל שנחשב בני רבעים ליהוא והנודע ביהודה הסכים לדבריהם, פליאה נשגבה בעיני שנעלם מהם הגמ' מגיטין...דאמרינן …

The History: According to Chabapedia (in Hebrew), the flag was first printed in the Hebrew year 5755 (1994-1995) by Yaakov Ben Ari of Tzfat, Israel. The general design of the flag seems to have origin …

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 …