'Shalit release like resurrection of the dead' - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews

'Shalit release like resurrection of the dead' - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews: "Tuesday night ahead of the holiday of Simchat Torah, the rabbi explained that the joy over Gilad's return to his family illustrates what the Jewish people should expect at the End of Days, when the dead will rise out of their graves and return to life.

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Yosef concluded his sermon by stating that "this is a great day of joy for all the people of Israel for Gilad Shalit's return."

"Every day we say (in a prayer), 'Blessed is God, the resurrector of the dead' – what a great joy we'll experience. We are being described what will happen."

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The Fast Of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedaliah) | |National Jewish Outreach ProgramNational Jewish Outreach Program

The Fast Of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedaliah) | |National Jewish Outreach ProgramNational Jewish Outreach Program: " commemorate of the murder of Gedaliah the son of Achikam, which is described in the last chapter of the Second Book of Kings. This murder resulted in the final Babylonian exile and destruction:

After the first Holy Temple was destroyed and the Babylonians had driven the majority of the Jewish people into exile, a small minority of Jews were permitted to remain in the Land of Israel. Also, Jews who had fled during the war returned and began to work the land.

Nebuchadnetzar, the King of Babylon, appointed Gedaliah to be the governor over the remaining population.

The King of Ammon, a neighboring country, was vying for control over the Land of Israel against the Babylonians. He commissioned Yishmael the son of Netanyah to remove Gedaliah."

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Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, Tzom Gedaliah » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry

Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, Tzom Gedaliah » Matzav.com - The Online Voice of Torah Jewry: "Rav Naftoli Trop zt”l (1871-1928) was the rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva in Radiń, Poland and one of the gedolei Torah of the early part of the last century. Born in Grodno, Rav Naftoli learned with his father, Rav Moshe Trop, who was rosh yeshiva of a local yeshiva. At 14, he left to learn in Kelm, where his chavrusah for ten years was the legendary Rav Yerucham Levovitz, who went on to become mashgiach of the Mirrer yeshiva. Rav Naftoli proceeded to briefly learn in Slabodka and Telz, where he became close to Rav Eliezer Gordon."

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