What was different
Nissim
Nothing
Anshei Knesses Hagedolah
Returned Attarah to HaShem
Could have received the Torah
Ezra HaSofer
42,360
Olim with first group of Olei Bavel
3 things Anshei Knesses HaGedolah did
Tefillah, Berachos, rid yetzer hara for krovim and avodah zara, wrote sifrei tanach
The Urim Vetumim
Tos-didnt answer, Rashi on chumesh- didnt have it at all
Zerubavel
Necheima, Zera was from Bavel
Mashkeh Lamelech
Nechemia
120
Members of the Anshei Knesses HaGedola
Shemen Hamishcha
was not in B2, but isnt on the list because it wasnt a din in b2
Ruach Hakodesh
B1 had Nevuah the whole time, B2 it ended
Archashtashta
Persian word for King of the world like paroh, refers to Daryavesh or Koreish
Kohen Gadol, one of the leaders of the first group of Olim
Yehoshua Kohen Gadol
6
people surrounding Ezra when he read the sefer torah, mekor for 6 aliyos on Yom Kippur
Order these sefarim:
Ezra
Esther
Daniel
Nechemia
Esther
Rus
Rus
Ezra (1-4)
Esther
Ezra (5-10)
Nechemia
The Shechina
Rashash- B2 was less
Rabbeinu Bachya- not constant
Mordechai, 2nd to the king
A Rebbe who didn't make it to Eretz Yisroel
Baruch Ben Nuryah
10
Takanos Ezra he instilled (mostly to be mechazek the frum community in Eretz Yisroel)
members of Anshei Knesses Hagedolah mentioned in Rambam Hakdamah L'Peirsh Hamishnayos not listed in Hakdamah L'yad
Chachamim Hacheiresh VeHamasgir
The Aish
B1 was like a lion, B2 was like a dog,
B1 didnt need assistance, B2 did
Mordechai Bilshan
Mevalvel Leshonos
7 members of Anshei Knesses HaGedolah
Shimon Hatzadik, Ezra, Nechemia, Chaggai, Zecharya, Malachi, Zerubavel, Daniel, Channia, Mishael,
5
Diffences listed in the Gemara between B1 and B2
Why is the Yerushalmi in Aramaic
R'Yaakov says cuz B2 was about Galus