The Kingdom of Judah would last until 587 BC, when the Babylonians besieged and destroyed its capital Jerusalem, along with ...
Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...
in the wake of the destruction of Jerusalem’s First Temple, aka “Solomon’s Temple,” during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (circa 586 BCE). According to Ezra I and II Chronicles 36:22 ...
(JTA) — A 2700-year-old toilet from the days of the First Temple in Jerusalem has been discovered by Israel’s Antiquities Authority. Built as a private toilet stall at a time when few could ...