In class, we briefly discussed the reign of Hasmonean Queen Salome Alexandra during the second period of Jewish sovereignty. Research this female leader online and post answers to the following questions:
1) Why is Salome Alexandra viewed favorably?
2) What specific meritorious policies did she adopt?
3) Who was her brother?
4) Who were the Pharisees and what was her connection to them?
5) Do you see any similarities between Salome Alexandra and Ezra and Nechemia? If yes, what are they?
1. She ruled wisely and ruled up to the ways of the Torah and she removed the Sadduccees. She let people live a life dedicated to God
ReplyDelete2. She removed the Sadduccess from the San Hedrin and replaced them with some of the greatest scholars of the time and she helped introduce a system in which every town had good schools and teachers to teach little children
3. Rabbi Shimon ben Shetach
4. A social movement and a school of thought among Jews, began under the Hasmonean dynasty in the wake of the Maccabean Revolt
5. They both wanted the Jews to live up to the Torah
1. Queen Salome was a Hasmonean queen who, unlike the rest of the Hasmonean rulers, believed in the Oral Torah and lived a very pious lifestyle. (It is said that she was so pious that it would rain would fall constantly and the people were prosperous.) On top of that, she adopted many policies that encouraged and assisted her people in living pious lifestyles as well.
ReplyDelete2. She established Jewish elementary schools all over Judea. She also removed the Tzedukim from the Sanhedrin and replaced them with Perushim. The Perushim were the greatest scholars of the time and created a just court for the people of Judea. She also increased the size of the army and fortified many cities along Judea's borders.
3. Rabbi Shimon ben Setach
4. The Pharisees were a group of people whose ideology clashed with that of the Sadducees. They believed in a pious lifestyle (according to both the Torah and the Oral Torah). Queen Salome Alexandra replaced the Sadducees in the Sandhedrin with the Pharisees. The Pharisees ruled justly in the Sanhedrin and helped encourage a Jewish lifestyle in Judea.
5. There are several similarities between Salome and Ezra and Nechemia. The most obvious one is that they both promoted Judaism in Judea. Before they arrived in the scene, the Jews of Judea were straying off the path of Judaism. Under their guidance/rule, Judaism was strongly reestablished there. (Unfortunately, Queen Salome's successor basically invited the Romans into Judea, which ended the period of Jewish sovereignty.)
1. She ruled according to the Torah and brought to people a life of loyalty to Hashem.
ReplyDelete2. She helped lay an educational and judicial foundation nationwide.
3. Her brother was Simeon ben Shetah.
4. They were a political party and a social movement. They had opposite views of the Sadducees. Her brother was a leading Pharasee. Alexandra was favorably inclined toward this political group.
5. The Jews were reunited with Judaism under their rulings. The rulers offered a Jewish life to the people under their ruling.
1) She was a Hashmoneon Queen who believed in the torah and ruled with religion.
ReplyDelete2) Alexandra removed the Sadducees from Jerusalem, assigning certain strong towns for their residence.
3) Rabbi Shimon ben Setach
4) The Pharisees were at various times a political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews during the Second Temple period beginning under the Hasmonean dynasty.
5) They both promoted Judaism during their rules.
1. She was very pious. She believed in oral law. She supported Pharisees and established elementary schools.
ReplyDelete2. Queen Salome Alexandra removed the Sadducees (Members of a Jewish sect or party) from Jerusalem and moved them to certain fortified towns to live in. She increased the size of her army. She also established schools.
3. Rabbi Shimon ben Setach (Head of Sanhedrin)
4. The Pharisees were a school of thought among Jews that lived during the Second Temple period. Unlike the Sadducees the They had freedom of religious interpretation. Queen Salome Alexandra replaced the Sadducees with the Pharisees.
5.They both supported Judaism.
1. Queen Salome Alexandra was a wise, pious ruler. She supported the oral tradition and followed in the ways of the Torah. While she ruled, her people and land were prosperous and it was said that G-d blessed the soil to make the soil produce more/better crops.
ReplyDelete2. She removed the Sadducees (who did not believe in the Oral tradition), from the Sanhedrin and replaced them with the greatest scholars of the generation. She established Jewish schools in every town so all of the children could be educated and would be instilled with the Torah values. She improved the justice system by making sure all dishonest/corrupt judges were removed from the system and made sure all witnesses were carefully investigated (to prove they were honest/sincere).
3. Rabbi Shimon ben Setach
4. The Pharisees were the "orthodox believers". They believed in the Torah and in the oral tradition. During the rule of her husband, Alexander Jannai many of the Pharisees were persecuted. When Queen Salome Alexandra began her rule, she replaced the Sadducees (those who didn't believe in the oral or Jewish traditions) with the Pharisees in the Sanhedrin.
5. The major similarity here is that both Queen Salome and Ezra and Nechemia encouraged the Jewish lifestyle and beliefs. The Jews had been slowly becoming less faithful in G-d and less concerned about Judaism. Queen Salome, Ezra, and Nechemia helped bring many Jews back onto the path of Judaism and reunited the people with G-d.
1. as my jewish earning com says "She also allowed the oral law, espoused by the Pharisees, to be incorporated once again as the law of the royal court. By these acts, Queen Salome Alexandra maintained the support of the people. " she made wise decitions and also incorprated judaism into the court and many people liked that.
ReplyDelete2.Salome removed the Sadducees from Jerusalem - she didnt like the sadducees.
3.Rabbi Shimon ben Shetach
4. Salome liked this group and put them into power after her husband died. they were for jews and were not like the sadducees at all (good for them).
5.yes, they both supported judaism
1.) Queen Salome Alexandra believed in the Torah. She also followed Hashems laws.
ReplyDelete2.)Queen Salome Alexandra removed the Sadducees from Israel
3.)Her brother is Rabbi Shimon ben Setach
4.) The Pharisees were part of the social movement. They were not like the Sadducees-they had freedom.
5.)They were both supporters of Israel and they both cared about Judaism
1)woman, she was the only Jewish women to rule. She was a wise ruler and followed the Torah, she removed the people that didn't believe in the TOSHBA (Sadducees) from the anhedrin and replaced them with great scholars, she allowed people to be dedicated to G-d
ReplyDelete2) she removed the people that didn't believe in the TOSHBA (Sadducees) from the Sanhedrin and replaced them with great scholars
3)Rabbi Shimon be Shetach-the leader of the Sanhedrin
4) They were a social movement and a school among the Jews during the second Beit Hamikdash period.She is connected to the Pharisees because she supported them.
5)They were the same because they both supported Israel but they were different because they had different plans to make Israel better