PKRAUSE

WOW so many wrote bookS....I guess they
wanted to save the JEWISH teachings

dgrimm60

Yes they did dgrimm!

pk

3 Adar

In 350 BCE, the building of the second Holy Temple was completed in Jerusalem, as recorded in the biblical Book of Ezra (6:15). The re-building of the Temple had begun under Cyrus when the Persians first took over the Babylonian empire. The re-building was then interrupted for 18 years, and resumed with the blessing of Darius II, the Persian king whom is said to be the son of Esther. The Second Temple lacked much of the glory of the First Temple: There was no Ark of the Covenant, and the daily miracles and prophets were no longer part of the scenery. The Second Temple would stand for 420 years, before being destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE.

pk

PKRAUSE

THAT is interesting about the DARIUS II being the
son of ESTHER

dgrimm60

4 Adar

Yahrtzeit of Menachem Begin (1913-1992), prime minister of Israel. Prior to the creation of the state, Begin became leader of the Irgun and used militant means to force the British government to withdraw from Palestine. In the Knesset, Begin led the opposition party for decades, before being elected prime minister in 1977. Begin negotiated the Camp David Accords with Anwar Sadat of Egypt, for which he was awarded the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. Begin is also remembered for his conviction to Jewish tradition (he was known to consult with great rabbis and to walk to meetings on Shabbat), and his resolve to defend the Jewish people from another Holocaust (Begin had lost his parents and a brother to the Nazis), which factored greatly in his decision to bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.

pk

That would be a result of this, would it not?

"The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. "Ezekiel 12:1,2 KJV

Of course, there is a lot more that goes along with this from the same chapter, and it really tells the story of mankind and is about ready to come to a welcome conclusion for some, and an unwelcome conclusion for others.

Blessings!!

PKRAUSE

YES I remember him being in the news a lot

dgrimm60

Did you ever wonder, PK, how it might feel if all you had access to of your forebears was your father (divorced from your mother at about age 3), with one exception that when your grandfather died without a will, the estate ($2000) was probated to his grandchildren? It made it a lot easier to see the Father in heaven as the best place to rely on family.
There's always a silver lining.
Blessings!!

In 1957, Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula. This followed the Suez War of 1956, in which France, Britain and Israel teamed up to stop Egyptian interference with shipping through the Suez Canal. (The canal was a crucial trade link between Europe and the regions of India, North Africa and the Middle East; two-thirds of Europe's oil passed through the Suez Canal.) In the war, Israel was able to secure Gaza and the Sinai, but fearing a larger conflict with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Eisenhower forced a cease-fire and persuaded Israel to withdraw. In response to the Suez War, the Egyptian government expelled 25,000 Egyptian Jews and confiscated their property, and sent 1,000 more Jews to prisons and detention camps.

pk

PKRAUSE

I remember hearing about this on the news

dgrimm60