This class looks at one of the pivotal people in the transition from prophecy to rabbinic scholarship. He was the last of the Men of the Great Assembly. He was the paradigm of a High Priest and defended Jerusalem and the Temple. So how did his son come to built a replica temple on the Nile Delta, which stood for over two centuries and challenged the Jerusalem Temple for supremacy?
1.Why was Shimon Hatzadik so significant?
2.How did he become the epitome of a High Priest?
3.How did he defend Jerusalem and the Temple?
4.What is the story of his son setting up a rival temple in Egypt?