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The Assassination of Gedaliah
Manage episode 443838404 series 3230985
One of the saddest chapters in Jewish history was the assassination of Gedaliah, the first Governor of Judea as a Babylonian province. The story told in the book of Kings is the first recorded Jewish assassination. The assassination which led to the end of the Jewish community in Judea for a few decades, is marked each year with the Fast of Gedaliah.
Learn about the tragic story of Gedaliah and why we still mark the day of his assassination today.
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Manage episode 443838404 series 3230985
One of the saddest chapters in Jewish history was the assassination of Gedaliah, the first Governor of Judea as a Babylonian province. The story told in the book of Kings is the first recorded Jewish assassination. The assassination which led to the end of the Jewish community in Judea for a few decades, is marked each year with the Fast of Gedaliah.
Learn about the tragic story of Gedaliah and why we still mark the day of his assassination today.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zalman-gordon/support327 episodes
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