Daily Tanach Monday Sefer Melachim 1 Chapter 16: The reign of Basha

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1.      The prophecy of Yehu to Basha:

  • A prophecy of Basha’s doom: Hashem sent Yehu, the son of Chanani, the following prophecy to state regarding Basha: “I have elevated you from the dust, and made you a leader over My people, Israel, and nonetheless you have chosen to go in the way of Yeravam and you have caused My people Israel to sin and to anger Me with their sins. Therefore, I will obliterate Basha and his entire family, as I did to the family of Yeravam the son of Navat. The corpses of the family of Basha which are in the city will be eaten by the dogs, while the corpses of the family of Basha which in the field will be eaten by the birds in the sky.”

 

2.      The legacy of Basha:

  • His chronicles: The rest of the event relating to king Basha and what he did, are written in the book of chronicles of the kings of Israel.
  • His death: Basha died and was buried in Tirzah.
  • His successor: Elah, the son of Basha, reigned after him.

About The Author

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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