The Messiah at the Gates of Rome (136-235)

[@sfogbobi387]

Maybe the real messiah was the friends we made along the way...

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

Well that title was misleading. I was worried the Messiah came and I was in the bathroom while he was in Rome.

[@kannonkeanu4516]

InstaBlaster.

[@Artur_M.]

Watching this series is like refreshing the Roman history (or ancient history in general) while learning completely new things about Jewish history and culture. I'm really looking forward to see how it will grow in the future. I wonder haw many episodes might it take to reach the modern times? It's probably hard to even estimate at this point.

[@MrHanderson91]

1900 years is a long time...tons of great episodes to look forward to.

[@אוהדאריאליופה]

look up Benjamin of tudela, pretty interesting...

[@Artur_M.]

@@אוהדאריאליופה He really is, reminds me about Abraham ben Jacob aka Ibrahim ibn Yaqub.

[@MichaelB-xi1hk]

7:25 I emphasize so much with your sense of humor.

[@Baccanaso]

Unbiased History of Rome's account of Caracalla's wedding is absolutely hilarious if you haven't checked it out.

[@adamwheeless8523]

where can I find this?

[@user-so5tb1hy8r]

7:16 ... I laughed way to hard at your reaction!! LMAO

[@idanzamir7540]

1:25 I live next to bet shearim! It has an awesome necropolis where Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi is buried

[@SamAronow]

Let's keep in touch. I have half a mind to start a "Jewish History on the Road" series when the pandemic is over.

[@idanzamir7540]

@@SamAronow that would be amazing, I’d love to do that, should I dm you somewhere?

[@SamAronow]

My email is on my channel page.

[@a.maskil9073]

Just found your channel via JJ, very well done, props to you. I know you've done some Israeli history, would you consider doing diaspora stuff? SHUM cities and the Rhineland Massacres, Spanish Inquisition, various later pogroms, Khazars, Himyar, Adiabene, etc. Could also actually cover some diaspora groups individually with videos, could be interesting (though only to Jews lol, but I presume that's who the channel is directed towards).

[@SamAronow]

Oh yes. I don't like to discuss my plans for this channel, but most of the topics you listed are on track to be made into videos.

[@a.maskil9073]

@@SamAronow No worries, glad to hear it. As I said, props on the good work.

[@MrHanderson91]

You deserve way more subscribers! I can't wait for this channel to blow up

[@MFTQ]

Nice

[@littleswol1]

What’s the source for Bar Yochai students turning him into the Romans (Syrian governor). There are some great books by Binyamin Lau on this period of Jewish history but I don’t remember him mentioning this although he could at some point. So far I’ve only read the first two volumes. Thanks man and great work again!

[@nate3010]

תודה רבה

[@avtaras]

Please can you state the exact origin of your claim that Judah HaNasi met up with Septimius Severus?

[@juancarlosgl100]

Where can I find more information about the synagogue built in the temple mount?

[@juancarlosgl100]

@@og8263 after the destruction, when Jews were allowed to return to Jerusalem

[@noahfleming2765]

Did you ever find an answer? I can't find info on this.

[@toraparatodos]

Awesome video as always. What is your source for the execution of Rashbi by the Romans? I had heard persecution but not execution. Shabbat shalom.

[@SamAronow]

You're right! He was sentenced to death, and did died in 161, but that the two events were not connected and that he escaped his death sentence for some tim. Expect me to make a big mea culpa over that in my corrections video.

[@toraparatodos]

@@SamAronow I always learn new things. Tizke lemitzvot.

[@terrence6674]

7:23 lol

[@Danielmenashe]

where is the quote from rabbi shimon bar yochay on the temple?

[@rebbecawitt581]

Omg I never heard Bar Yochai was killed, do you have a source on that?

[@kobiiboksireficul]

Ummmmm shimon bar yochis story did not happen like that

[@trevor1667]

Indeed!

[@gedgar]

Love it

[@jaystrickland4151]

God damn dude. Yeah that sounds about right.

[@ryansikora9524]

Yeah man I wonder what those conditions are that need to be fulfilled and I wonder why the people were unwilling to hear his voice

[@alexandrejosedacostaneto381]

Caracalla also killed his brother in front of their mother while under a flag of truce that she arranged in order to make peace between her 2 sons. Truly a charming guy

[@sdelmonte]

I very much enjoyed being Yehuda haNasi. Worth adding that the decision to codify the oral law was controversial, since it had been passed down from generation to generation without being written and some felt that should always be the case. But it was clear that the debates of the previous centuries were making it impossible to go forward without putting it on parchment. Ironically, the codification of the oral law led to what many consider the petrification of the law as well. I have heard it said by many, including other Orthodox Jews, that the law is supposed to shift with the situation and the times far more than the rabbis are telling us now. But we are where we are, and it's not likely to change.

[@bigboy3775]

2:17 is inaccurate

[@zaxchannel2834]

6:33 Oldest 12 year old ever

[@maxi4182]

What's the source that the students of rashbi told on him to the Roman's

[@CrawlingAxle]

I've never heard of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai being executed by Romans or his students turning him in. Can't find a source for it either.

[@JudeMichaelPeterson]

"My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

[@heidansama]

wow I didn't know that jewish history is very interesting

[@charlesstuart7290]

The ebbs and falls of the Jews in the Roman period seem to be ignored after the Bar Kochba revolt by Jewish educators.

[@albertofazio9448]

Septimius Severus wasn't of cathaginian descent, he descended from roman colonist who settled in north Africa after the punic wars

[@anthonyelenga8939]

i have a question? Do Jews still await the Messiah?

[@SamAronow]

Religious Jews, yes! In fact, there was (and in a few very religious circles still is) a lot of religious opposition to the creation of Israel because re-establishing a Jewish state was perceived as doing the Messiah's job. Also Lubavitchers believe that R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Younger *is* the messiah, despite having died in 1993.

[@Taryag613]

@@SamAronow Some* lubavitchers believe that. Most today do not.

[@anthonyelenga8939]

@@SamAronow Wow, thanks for the information

[@thisanailen5274]

bar yochai wasnt killed by the romans, he wasnt turned in either

[@groinemhonilgekker8914]

Jewish tradition has it that Bar Yochai passed away of natural causes. The Chatam Sofer makes a mention of this and uses it as a rationale for the celebrations of Lag Baomer, which honors Rabbi Shimon more than any other Jewish sage of that time...

[@rimacalid6557]

So basically the Messiah was thought to be or thought himself to be from the Septimius bloodline!? I could only imagine the intrigues of that period

[@benjaminromm8184]

Comment for the Algorithm

[@Deanzphx]

for the algorithm

[@milascave2]

Oy, that endless bait and switch with the messia. According to Lebovovitch, a potential messiah comes regularly, but he can only become the real. messia if the people at the time are ready. And so far, they have never been ready.

[@James_Wisniewski]

I don't know how true this is exactly, but from what I've heard, the incident where Caracalla massacred everyone at the reception for the wedding between himself and the Parthian princess is what inspired the Red Wedding scene from Game of Thrones.

[@brenosantana1458]

Try not to use the expression in 7 27.

[@carminefragione4710]

Elijah was not a Jew but a Gentile Israelite, Elijah the Tishbite.

[@bobSeigar]

Define Tishbite.

[@AbdulKhader-786]

Tishbah was a Jewish area in what is now Jordan

[@bobSeigar]

@@AbdulKhader-786 Prove it. Literally unsubstantiated claims all around.

[@avtaras]

I am sorry, no evidence of the account of Judah HaNasi meeting up with Septimius Severus and you conveniently not answering means that I don't take this channel seriously. It's important for settling a dispute with Yigal Bin Nun who claims that Judah HaNasi and Yohannan Ben Zakkai did not exist.

[@bigboy3775]

2:10 is inaccurate