Daily Tanach Monday 23rd Nissan Sefer Melachim 2 Chapter 21 Part 3: The reign and legacy of Amon

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  1. The reign and legacy of Amon:
  • His age at the time of his reign: Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king.
  • The number of years of his reign: Amon reigned for two years in Jerusalem.
  • His mother’s name: His mother’s name was Meshullemes the daughter of Charutz from the city of Yatva.
  • His evil deeds: Amon performed that which was evil in the eyes of Hashem, just as Menashe his father had done. He followed in all the ways of his father, and he worshipped pagan deities that his father had worshipped, and he prostrated himself to them. He forsook the G-d of his ancestors and did not follow in His path.
  • Amon is assassinated by his servants: Amon’s servants conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.
  • Amon’s assassins are killed by the people and Amon’s son is coronated king: The people killed all of the conspirators against King Amon, and they then appointed his son Yoshiyahu in his stead.
  • His chronicles: The remaining deeds of Amon are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yehuda.
  • His burial: Amon was buried in his designated grave in the garden of Uzza.
  • His successor: Yoshiyahu, the son of Amon, reigned in his stead.

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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