The Assassination of Gedaliah
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One of the saddest chapters in Jewish history was the assassination of Gedaliah, the first Governor of Judea as a Babylonian province. The story told in the book of Kings is the first recorded Jewish assassination. The assassination which led to the end of the Jewish community in Judea for a few decades, is marked each year with the Fast of Gedaliah. Learn about the tragic story of Gedaliah and why we still mark the day of his assassination today.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/zalman-gordon/support
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