Ask the Rabbi: Heroism at Masada?

It might come as a surprise that the Sages never discuss Masada in their vast Talmudic or midrashic literature.

AERIAL VIEW of Masada in the Judaean Desert, with the Dead Sea in the distance.

AERIAL VIEW of Masada in the Judaean Desert, with the Dead Sea in the distance.

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

BySHLOMO BRODY

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 10:08

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