• Shafan was his scribe. Shafan brought the scroll he found in the Bait Hamikdash to Jeremiah, which was originally written by Moses. It was open to the verse "Hashem will bring you and your elected King to a nation unknown to your fathers." That scared people into changing their ways.
• He fled to Egypt, Alexandria where it is believed that he died.
• Wrote 3 Books: His own, Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah); Eicha (Lamentations), read on Tishah Be’Av; and Melachim (The Book of Kings). The time span of the book Jeremiah was 66 years.
Famous Phrases
Jeremiah 24:7, V’natati lahem lev lada’at oti = And I will instill in them a heart that will seek to acknowledge me.
Haftorahman’s lesson of the week
The holy books teach us that the ancient idols of wood and stone have transformed into modern times into the worship of money. When is money a form of idol worship? When we forget that money comes from G-d, and consider money as a power in its own right. To what extent do you believe in G-d, and to what extend do you put your faith in the The Almighty Dollar?
Map
A map to show people how to get to Gay Hinnom or The Valley of Hinnom.
Timeline
This story took place about 2400 years ago.
Timeline by: Ephraim Waxman Dor L’Dor Feldheim Publishing
Written by: Reuben Gavriel Ben Nissim Ebrahimoff 5766-2006
E-mail: [email protected]
