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Jewish Leadership
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Herod and the Two Faces of Kingship
July 17, 2018 · 38 min · Episode page →
Herod the Wicked or Herod the Great? In this episode Rav Mike talks about Herod's kingdom, the final phase of Judea preceding the destruction of the Second Temple....
About this playlist
What makes someone a Jewish leader: kings and sages, great men and movements, and the leaders the modern story has had.
Where this sits in the story
5 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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