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Mikhail Alexandrovich was the third son of Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver. Mikhail grew up in Pskov, where his father had fled after the Tver Uprising of 1327. He was christened by the Archbishop of Novgorod, Vasily Kalika, in 1333. Five years later, he and his mother were called to Tver when Aleksandr returned to the city.
- You Call This Exile?
- “God Placed Me in Darkness”
- The Rise of Persia
- You Are Weighed in The Scales and Found Wanting
- Back to Babylon
Babylon was the Jewish peoples’ first experience of exile since the days of biblical Egypt. Egypt had been slavery, blood, toil, tears, abuse and atrocities. By contrast, Babylon was relatively benign, particularly after the death of Nebuchadnezzar and the ascension to the throne of his son Evil-Merodach. The Talmud (Pesachim 87b) says that God kne...
Nevertheless, after all was said and done, Babylon was an exile. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 24a) commented that the verse, “God placed me in darkness” (Lamentations 3:6) refers to the Babylonian Talmud (as opposed to the Jerusalem Talmud, which was composed and completed in the Land of Israel more than a century earlier). Under the best circumstances Ba...
After a long reign of 45 years (Megillah 11b), Nebuchadnezzar died and was succeeded by his son, Evil-Merodach, who freed the imprisoned Jewish kings, Jehoiachin and Zedekiah (II Kings 25:27). He ruled 23 years (Megillah11b) and was succeeded by his son Belshazzar. Even as he took the throne, a new empire to the east was gathering strength: Persia,...
Even given Babylonian complacency, it was remarkable how quickly they lost their empire. As King Belshazzar was hosting a grand banquet one evening, getting drunk on wine imbibed from the gold and silver utensils of the Temple that his father had taken as booty (Daniel5:2-3), a human-like suddenly finger appeared and etched the epic handwriting on ...
The Babylonian exile set certain patterns into motion as to how Jewish history would function and how the Jewish people would act in foreign lands. To a great extent those patterns have held true throughout the ages, and they can be seen in our time in many uncanny and parallel ways. The Babylonian exile still exists in the sense that the historica...
Israel had a larger kingdom than Babylon. The third king of Israel, Solomon, built a large temple. The kingdom eventually split into two. It became the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah ...
Mikhail Yaroslavich ( Russian: Михаил Ярославич) (1271 – 22 November 1318), also known as Michael or Mikhail of Tver, was a Prince of Tver (from 1285) who ruled as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315 to 1318. He was canonized and counted among the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church .
In 1371, Mikhail II of Tver was the last prince of Tver ever appointed as the grand prince of Vladimir. The reign of Mikhail is usually considered as the last period when Tver still could rival Moscow and oppose the Golden Horde.
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Born: 1333 Died: August 26, 1399. Father: Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver Mother: Anastasia Yurevna of Halych Spouse: Unknown Issue: None. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_II_of_Tver. Mikhail Alexandrovich was Grand Prince of Tver and briefly held the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir.
Mikhail Alexandrovich was the third son of Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver. Mikhail grew up in Pskov, where his father had fled after the Tver Uprising of 1327. He was christened by the Archbishop of Novgorod, Vasily Kalika, in 1333. Five years later, he and his mother were called to Tver when Aleksandr returned to the city.
