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Sanhedrin 099: Zecharyah from the Second Temple
Gershon Dubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked:
Rashi finds it necessary to point out, on the Gemara's quotation (99a)from
Zecharia, both that it's in Terei Asar and that this Zecharia is not the
same as the one from Bayis Rishon. Why does Rashi find it necessary to
point this out?
Gershon
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The Kollel replies:
The Gemara is making a point of the fact that Zecharyah predicted the
coming of Moshi'ach despite the fact that he lived after Chizkiyah (proving
that even after Chizkiyah Hashem still plans to send a Moshi'ach). This is
only understandable if the Zecharyah it mentions lived during the epoch of
the second temple, as the Gemara says.
Perhaps Rashi felt the reader would easily be confused by the fact that the
Gemara just three Dafim back mentioned the blood of the slain *prophet
Zecharyah* ben Yehoyada which was found by Nevuzaraden when he destroyed
the *first* Mikdash. That is why Rashi emphasizes that the Zecharyah of our
Sugya is from Trei Asar.
In addition, the Gemara at the end of Makos cites a verse that seems to say
associate the Zecharyah of Trei Asar with Uri'ah, who prophesied during the
times of the first Mikdash. That is why Rashi emphasizes that our Zecharyah
lived during the times of the *Second Temple* -- as the Gemara indeed
concludes in the Sugya at the end of Makos.
M. Kornfeld
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