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Which two positions did we break up leadership into?
אב בית דין, נסיא
What happened with the position of the כהן גדול? How was this bad?
The position was turned into a position for self כבוד and not for ה׳ which was a problem because everyone wanted the position now for the wrong reasons/motives.
Explain “The young men were crying and the old men were laughing”
When the second Beis Hamikdash was built the old men remembered how much better the first one was and the young men were filled with joy about the new one.
I interpreted נבוחדנצר’s dream
דָּנִיֵּאל
We are the 5
חשמונאים
יהודה
יונתן
שמעון
יוחנן
אלעזר
What were two things that were different from the second bais hamikdash than the first?
1) birds/flies did fly over
2) they didn’t take out the ארון
3) the fire didn’t come down from שמים
What three things did Antiyochus decree that couldn’t be done anymore? Why these three?
שבת
ראש חדש
ברית מילה
These three are things that make us Jewish and connect us with Hashem ’
Translate and who do we learn this from?
בְּסֵבֶר פָּנִים יָפוֹת
We learn this from Shamai in pirkei Avos to greet people with a pleasant face
I made a huge statue and commanded people from all around the world to bow to it
נבוחדנצר
All the baby boys were named after me for one year
אנטיוכוס
In how many shifts did נבוחדנצר take כלל ישראל into גלות? Did this make it easier or harder? How?
3 shifts- this made it easier since the צדיקים went first and set everything up for the rest of the people.
What were three reasons that נבואה was stopped?
1) Klal Yisroel weren’t on the spiritual level for Nevuah
2) Everyone has to be living in Isreal
3) with the end of the desire of Avodah Zarah it also made it harder to tap into Nevuah.
Who do we learn this from and what happened?
וְאַל תַּאֲמִין בְּעַצְמְךָ עַד יוֹם מוֹתְךָ
We learn this from יוחנן when he became a misyavni at the age of 80
We are the men who didn’t bow to a statue and made a huge קידוש ה׳
I ordered 70 חכמים to come translate the תורה for me
תלמי
How does the fight between Astriboles and Hyrancus happen? How does this lead to the חרבן ?
X
What are three things that the אנשי כנסת הגדולה put into place?
1) made the Siddur order
2) destroyed the desire for Avodah Zarah
3) Brought the end of נבואה
4) separated the power into two
Finish the quote then explain and translate
הכל בידי……………………..שמים
הַכֹּל בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם חוּץ מִיִּרְאַת שָׁמַיִם
Everything is in the hands of Shamayim except for your fear of shamayim
P1:I allowed the rebuilding of בית שני
P2: we went back to start rebuilding
P1: דריווש
P2: עזרה ונחמיה
I started the idea of Yeshivos
יהושע בן גמלא
What are the 5 turning points of the world? Which are we in now?
What was נבוחדנצר׳’s dream? Explain with full detail what everything represented.
X
Finish the quote then translate and explain
כל המתבל…………………….ב
Those who cry (feel the pain) for Yerushalayim will merit to see her joy
כל המסתבל על ירושלים זוכה ורואה בשמחתו
I screamed out מי לה׳ אלי and killed the Greek officer
מתיתיהו
I am the brother of
שלומציון המלכה
And the
אב בית דין
שמעון בן שטח