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- Initially, Jewish communities sprang up in Babylon and then in Spain and North Africa but after great persecution, the Jews were expelled from one country to another with a gradual eastward movement; Spain — France — Germany — Poland — Russia.
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The history of the Jews in Europe spans a period of over two thousand years. Jews, a Semitic people descending from the Judeans of Judea in the Southern Levant, [1] [2] [3] [4] began migrating to Europe just before the rise of the Roman Empire (27 BC).
The Jewish diaspora in the second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE) was created from various factors, including through the creation of political and war refugees, enslavement, deportation, overpopulation, indebtedness, military employment, and opportunities in business, commerce, and agriculture. [5]
- Creation
- Abraham — Moses
- Moses
- Joshua — King David
- The First Temple
- The Division of The Kingdom
- Judah Israel
- Exile and The Second Temple
- Exile — Present Day
- Modern History
The world was created 5773 years ago [at the time of this publication]. G‑d created the world in six days and on the seventh day He rested. Adam was created on Friday, the sixth day of creation. From Adam to Noah there were ten generations. From Noah to Abraham, ten generations.
Isaac, the son and heir of Abraham and Sarah, followed in the path of his parents and thus brought up his son Jacob [later named by G‑d Israel] who in turn taught the family tradition to his twelve sons. Later, Jacob and his family, 70 people in all, went to live in Egypt. It was G‑d’s will that the Jewish people should in its infancy be prepared t...
Moses was 80 years old when G‑d commanded him to take the Jews out of Egypt. The Exodus was in the year 2448. 49 days after the Exodus, the Jews received the Torah on Mount Sinai and became the Jewish Nation. The Israelites journeyed through the wilderness for 40 years, after which they entered the Land of Israel with Joshua.
Joshua divided the lands between the 12 tribes. After Joshua, a number of prophets and judges ruled over Israel, with such leaders as Deborah, Gideon, Samson and Eli until the prophet Samuel anointed King Saul as the first king of Israel. After King Saul came King David, perhaps the most famous of all kings. King David slew Goliath in combat, beat ...
King David’s son, King Solomon, built the first Temple in Jerusalemin the year 2935. The Temple was a beautiful building which housed the Holy Ark. Inside the Ark were the tablets of stone upon which the Ten Commandments were written. The first Temple stood for 410 years. Moshe — led Jews out of Egypt in 2448 and received the Torahon Mount Sinai. J...
After King Solomon’s death, the Kingdom was split into two, the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah. Initially, the King of Judah was Solomon’s son Rechavam, and the Northern Kingdom was ruled by Jereboam. Thereafter, each kingdom had its own king until the destruction of the first Temple by the Babylonians on the 9th Av, 3338.
Rechavam Jereboam ben Nevat 2964-2981 2964-2985 Aviyah Nadav 2981-2983 2985-2986 Asa Baasha 2983-3024 2986-3009 Yehoshafat Elah 3024-3047 3009-3010 Yehoram Zimri 3047-3055 3010 Ahaziah 3055-3056 Athaliah Omri 3056-3061 3010-3021 Yoash Ahab 3061-3101 3021-3041 Amaziah Ahaziah 3101-3129 3041-3043 Uzziah Yehoram 3129-3167 3043-3056 Yotham Yehu 3167-31...
After the destruction of the first Temple, the Jews were exiled to Babylon for 70 years. Towards the end of this period, the great miracle of Purim occurred [14th Adar 3405] when the Jews in the vast Persian Empire were miraculously saved from the wicked Haman. At the end of the 70 years exile, G‑d took pity upon His people and returned them to the...
After the destruction of the second Temple, the Jews were dispersed all around the world. Initially, Jewish communities sprang up in Babylon and then in Spain and North Africa but after great persecution, the Jews were expelled from one country to another with a gradual eastward movement; Spain — France — Germany — Poland — Russia. Jews would live ...
In the late 19th century, most of the world’s Jewish population lived in Eastern Europe. However, there was a great deal of anti-semitism [Jew hatred] and many Jews sought a land of their own. The obvious choice was Eretz Yisrael, but in those days it was in Turkish hands. Nevertheless, many Jews emigrated to Eretz Yisrael and a small Yishuv— settl...
How Did Judaism Begin? Abraham, the father of Judaism, introduced Monotheism to the world, and G‑d promised to give his descendants the land of Israel. Those descendants became enslaved by the pharaohs of Egypt until G‑d sent Moses —and many miracles—to free them.
- Tzvi Freeman
Nov 18, 2008 · When did Judaism as we know it today—devoted to one God and the teachings of the Torah—really take root? How did the religious practices of the earliest Israelites differ from monotheistic ...
The Book of Genesis offers some answers to the questions which the nascent Hebrew nation had to contend with at the time: How was the world created? Why does a woman bear children in pain? What is the significance of the rainbow? And first and foremost: Where did we come from? How did the Hebrew nation come into being?
According to Sand, Judaism was originally, like its two cousins, a proselytising religion, and mass conversions to Judaism occurred among the Khazars in the Caucasus, Berber tribes in North Africa, and in the Himyarite Kingdom of the Arabian Peninsula.
