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Harim came and also drew his portion and the lot of 5 other watches, for a total of 6. And likewise Pashḥur, and likewise Immer. The prophets among them stipulated that even if the descendants of Jehoiarib, who originally headed the priestly watches, would ascend to Eretz Yisrael, Jedaiah would not
The Talmud cites a third answer to its question about how the baraita can claim that the Second Temple was destroyed in a year following a Sabbatical Year, when a calculation of the number of years that it stood indicates that it was destroyed in a Sabbatical Year. Rav Ashi said: Those 6 years from
It is known that Ezra ascended to Eretz Yisrael 6 years after the beginning of the construction of the Second Temple, as it is written: “Then ceased the work of the House of God, which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the 2nd year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia” (Ezra 4:24). This proves
And the rabbis taught in a baraita: At that same time in the following year Ezra ascended from Babylonia together with his company of exiles, as it is written, “And he came to Jerusalem in the 5th month, which was in the 7th year of the king” (Ezra 7:8). Accordingly, Ezra came to Eretz Yisrael 6 yea
§ The Talmud discusses the matter itself that is taught in the baraita cited earlier (12b): The Jewish people counted 17 Jubilees from when they entered Eretz Yisrael until they left when the Temple was destroyed. And you cannot say that they counted from when they entered, because if you say they c