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On the Resurrection of the Dead - Part 1
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 12, 2 - 13
Vague allusions to the resurrection of the dead exist in the Torah. More substantial ones are found in Yeshayahu and Yehezkel. Daniel is the first to...
Dying to Sanctify God's nameSelf-SacrificeKiddush HashemPrinciples of FaithOral LawDry BonesYehezkelResurrection of the Dead at the End of the Days
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The Final Vision (Part 3)
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 11, 28 - 12, 13
The Greek empire - the mixed clay and iron feet in Nevukhadnetzar’s dream and the main focus of Daniel’s visions - was the first empire to wage an all-out...
GreeceWar on Jewish FaithDying to Sanctify God's nameSelf-SacrificeKiddush HashemCommiting Suicide for Kiddush HashemCovenant of Circumcision
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The Final Vision (Part 2)
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 10, 20 - 11, 27
The revelation of God or an angel leaves an impact both on those viewing the revelation and those in the vicinity of the revelation. The angel prophesied...
RevelationAngelPersian EmpirePersian KingsThe Fall of the Persian EmpireGreeceAlexander the GreatPtolemySeleucus
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The Final Vision (Part 1)
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 10, 1 - 21
Chapter 10 is dated to the third year of Koresh. The descriptions of Koresh in Yeshayahu and in Ezra imply that he showed kindness towards the Jews and...
YeshayahuEzraBeit HaMikdashAngelAngel of PersiaAngel of GreeceMichael
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Daniel's Prayer (continued)
Part 2
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 9, 1 - 27
An assumption is made that Daniel’s prayer in chapter 9, a prayer that was necessary in order to bring redemption, was uttered at the time when prayer was...
Dying to Sanctify God's nameSelf-SacrificeKiddush HashemPrayerDaniel's PrayerCalculating the Time of RedemptionThe Angel Gavriel
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Daniel's Prayer
Part 1
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 9, 1 - 19
In the first year of Daryavesh the Mede, Daniel seems to think that the seventy years of exile are complete. Only 52 years have transpired since the...
The Seventy Years of ExilePrayerSeeking God
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In the Lions' Den - Part 2
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 6, 7 - 29
Sefer Daniel and Megillat Esther reveal the importance of the "Constitution" in Media and Persia - a status that supersedes even the authority of the king...
JerusalemPersian LawPrayerMiracles
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In the Lions' Den - Part 1
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 6, 1 - 6
The phenomenon of Anti-Semitism did not exist during the first Beit HaMikdash period. The Babylonian conquest of Yehuda was part of a regional struggle,...
Anti-SemitismThe Chosen PeopleThe Eternal Nation
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The Writing on the Wall
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 5, 1 - 30
Opinions vary regarding the precise chronology of the Babylonian dynasty. The kingdom of Babylon is limited to seventy years when no such limitation...
The Writing on the WallChronology of Babylonian DynastyArrogancePrideSeventy Years of the Babylonian EmpireBelshatzarAhashveroshVessels of the Beit HaMikdash
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The He-Goat
Rabbi Yaakov Medan Source:
Daniel 8, 1 - 27
In contrast with the beasts of prey seen in Daniel’s previous dream, Daniel sees a ram and a he-goat. In contrast with the previous dream, the nations...
DreamsDream InterpretationsCalculating the End of the DaysPersiaGreeceHashmonaim
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