Shlomo's Sins

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1. Shlomo’s Sins

   Rabbi Alex Israel

   Three broad approaches exist to explain the jarring discrepancy between the love and dedication that Shlomo displayed towards God and His Mikdash and his love towards foreign women that led to idolatry.

   1) The approach adopted by the majority of traditional commentaries posits that Shlomo himself did not partake in idol worship but facilitated his wives’ idolatry and it is therefore attributed to him.

   2) A careful read of chapters 9 and 10 points to a wide range of failures, a sense of spiritual disorientation identified by Shlomo's overconfident abrogation of the Torah's restrictions for a king.  All these lead in a direct line to the more serious offenses of chapter 11. 

   3) Shlomo's marriage to Pharaoh's daughter at the very outset of his reign is a competing love to his love for God as is subtly described in the text and more explicitly described in the Midrash. Shlomo is caught ideologically between competing worlds.  Bat Pharaoh represents Egypt, the power and trade, the skills and crafts, wealth and international control that appeal to Shlomo's imperial mind.  These come along with a religious worldview that is polytheistic and pagan.  On the other side is the Torah, the Mikdash, the path of David Ha-Melekh.  Shlomo is committed to both.  He seeks to balance the two, but he fails.

    

2. The Rise & Fall of King Solomon

   Tanach Study

   Rabbi Alex Israel | Hour and 4 minutes

   This class examines the character of King Solomon and attempts to explain the downfall he experiences throughout his life. This analysis allows us to gain important insights into both the character of King Solomon, and to learn important messages for our lives as well.

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3. The Rise and Fall of King Solomon

   Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein

   תאריך פרסום: 2022 | | Hour and 12 minutes

   We will delve into the episode of King Solomon's construction of pagan altars, exploring the question of what went wrong when the builder of the Mikdash erected these altars a few years after completing Beit Hamikdash. While the question itself is straightforward, the answers and theories surrounding it are complex. This shiur aims to understand Shlomo's motivation and propose the underlying dynamics that led to his grave error.

    

    

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