Gedaliah urges them not to run in the tempting arms of neighboring Egypt, and that patience will pay off. Though occupied by the despised Babylonians who destroyed the holy Temple, it can still work.

The Fast of Gedaliah, held to mark the trragic assassination of the governor of Judea after the destruction of the First Holy Temple, is today. Our Sages said: "To teach you that the death of a ...

Gedaliah was the last Jewish ruler in the land of Israel for centuries, and his death marked the end of Jewish autonomy until the time of the Hasmoneans.

Tzom Gedaliah, the Fast day of Gedaliah’s assassination must be a clear reminder to ever Jew to cast hatred out of our hearts and to return our loyalty to the biblical commandment: ...

Gedaliah was a hero to some, a traitor to others. He had a difficult task: Gedaliah had to assume the governorship of what was left of the Kingdom of Judah after the Babylonian conquest and the ...

The fact that a Jew murdered Gedaliah, that a Jew destroyed the last vestige of Jewish existence in the Land of Israel, deepens the measure of the destruction; and this occurred in the midst of ...

Gedaliah son of Ahikam was assassinated at Mizpah, most likely today’s Nabi Samuel, seen here at night. A fast on the month of Tishrei other than Yom Kippur was first mentioned in the Book of ...

Dr Gedaliah Afterman is head of the Asia policy programme at the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Israel. He previously served as an ...

GREENWOOD, St James - Last week Wednesday, members of the Biblical Truth Tabernacle, also known as the Tribe of Gedaliah, declared December 19, 2007 a pubic holiday for tribe members in honour o ...