Published on
Jan 10, 2025
This week in Jewish history: Babylonians besiege Jerusalem, Zola publishes 'J’accuse'
10th of Tevet, 3174 (586 BCE): The armies of Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar began their siege on Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:1). By Tammuz 17, 3174, the city walls were breached, and on the 9th of Av that year the Holy Temple was destroyed and the Jewish …
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The Jerusalem Post
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