Apocrypha #2: Ben Sira & Maccabees

Continuing our journey into the Apocrypha, we explore the mysterious books of Ben Sira and the Maccabees. Along the way, we uncover what really happened with King Ptolemy and the 72 Sages who produced the Septuagint, where the name of the continent “Africa” came from, the origin of the ancient holiday called Yom Nicanor, and the true identity of the first rabbi, Shimon haTzadik.
Also: did Adam have a wife named Lilith? And does the Greek language bear any holiness?
For part one of this series, see here: • Apocrypha #1: Understa...
For the article mentioned about the identity of Shimon haTzadik: www.mayimachro...
For more on “When Jews and Greek were Brothers”, see here: www.mayimachro...

[@karenarev]

I think you are a great speaker and really want to hear more sheurim. When will you speak again?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Thank you, I try to post a new shiur every two weeks.

[@musicman1770]

PLEASE, repeat all audiences questions and comments as they are not heard.

[@musicman1770]

Interesting to note that the Jewish people's arch-enemy in the times of the 2nd Temple and the Maccabee's were the Helenistic Seleucid Greeks - the same location as present day Iran.

[@LarsPop-Tartus]

Ben Sira is a great book

[@Christopherurich33]

If people were taught Ben Sirach at a young age it would lessen the chances for them too become criminals or have the yatzahara affect them lashon hara wouldn't be a thing anymore what's evil is holding this good information for people why withhold teaching someone lashan Tov whoever said it should be held out is behind something dark

[@kellykonrad9273]

I thought the Greek language is pagan. How can Greek be connected to Hebrew since Hebrew is a holy language & Greek language is pagan?? Also the new testament was written in Greek. When I heard that Greek is a pagan language I was convinced that there the new testament cannot be the word of HaShem.

[@lawrencestoke]

The Pharisees and Sadducees clashed with Jesus because they stuck to man's tradition instead of going by God's word. And He called them out for their hypocrisy

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Please see 'Understanding Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes' here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apzFYZyHj66Fmbc

[@tasfish1]

So who made Hashem?? 😮

[@raf_abreu]

Another outstanding lecture, thank you Rabbi Efraim! Baruch HaShem!

[@Nightowl5774]

Im not familiar with the story of Rabbi Akiva do you have any shurim on Rabbi Akiva and his life?

[@EfraimPalvanov]

I wrote about his life and his impact on Judaism here: www.mayimachronim.com/the-rabbi-that-created-judaism-as-we-know-it/

[@Mjgidds92]

54:48 is there any evidence to show or support that the Septuagint that was written at the time by the 70 was only the five books of Moses and not the entire tanach?

[@sokchhoeurnhang2077]

… do not be wise in your own eyes, fear HASHEM and turn away from evil … . (Proverbs 3:7)

[@stavrossoulios6283]

Thank you. All my private studies the past year have been brought together with this one lesson. Blessings

[@EfraimPalvanov]

Very welcome, glad to hear :)

[@ayrsine]

Let’s bring Nicanor’s day back!! We need to go back the roots, simplify, decrease and/or eliminate any custom that is conflated with the halacha. Let’s be steong, simple, wise and great kids to El Shaddai…the Big Man of the big bang 😁

[@cleveland3357]

If someone has no connection to a Rabbi to teach them about the resurrection of the dead how would they know? Hashem put them in that situation to not know - why would they lose their afterlife?

[@davidsavage6324]

I always learned that Epicurus said "The pleasures of the mind are greater than the pleasures of body" so epicurean lower case is a gourmet aesthete sensualist- but Epicurean upper case is his actually teachings which are 'cerebro-centric

[@dkbrain3434]

37:25 - “This one at last” - didn’t connect with the meaning until this teaching.

[@LegendaryJew]

We gotta find this cave with the ark, also we need to find the Shamir

[@willismcgee5216]

If we were worthy of it, it would not be lost/hidden.

[@Christopherurich33]

If I would of learned Ben Sirach when I was younger I wouldn't have gone through half the bad crap and getting treated poorly by others I read it in jail i see why they don't want you too read it because they want you too struggle and be dumb about your struggles this way they can keep having courts that will prosecute

[@michaelkelemenToronto]

Smart guy but.... I liked that he didn't feel a need to follow Akiva's attempt to ban books but in fact the speaker agrees with the idea of banning books himself and while he debunks some foolish ideas like Ben Sira being the son of Jeremiah, he accepts others like Akiva marrying the wife of Tyranus Rufus a Roman official.