NACH 44 – Melachim Beis 21-25 – Yishayahu Melech Yehudah – Chulda – Tzidkiyahu – Shimshon HaGibor – Tisha B’Av – Tzom Gedaliah

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Melachim Beis – Yeshayahu Melech Yehudah – Chulda – Tzidkiyahu – Shimson HaGibor – Tisha B’Av – Tzom Gedaliah – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded on 1975-03-17.)

• 00:00 Review.
• 02:32 When the evil king Amon was assassinated, his righteous son Yeshayahu became king of Yehudah.
• 08:10 The king consulted Chuldah HaNaviyah when a sefer Torah was discovered hidden in the Heichal of the Beis HaMikdash.
• 09:37 To encourage teshuvah among the People of Israel, Yeshayahu funded an especially festive celebration of Pesach.
• 13:22 When Yeshayahu Melech Yehudah was killed in battle, his son Yoachaz became king for 3 months.
• 19:06 Tzidkiyahu tried to escape from the siege of Jerusalem through a tunnel but was captured. His sons were killed in front of his eyes, and then he was blinded. The Arizal reveals that Tzidkiyahu was a gilgul – reincarnation – of Shimson HaGibor.
• 24:05 The walls of Jerusalem were breached on Tisha B’Av and the Kadosh Kadoshim was set on fire.
• 25:29 *Gedaliah was made ruler of Malkhus Yehudah but was assassinated the day after Rosh Hashanah. He is commemorated through Tzom Gedaliah, a public fast day.
• 26:08 On Rosh Hashanah there are two days of din (judgment) – the first day is called Dina Kashya (strict judgment) and the second day is called Dinah Rafya (lenient judgment).
• 27:53 The rise of Bavel (Babylonia) and the destruction of Yerushalayim, end of Sefer Melachim (Book of Kings).
• 32:03 The blood of Zechariah HaNavi seethed up from the ground and would not rest.
• 35:51 A ger (convert to Judaism) is judged by HaShem with respect to the spiritual level of Am Yisrael at the time of his conversion.