Today is โMount Gerizim Dayโ!
Mount Gerizim, 3449 AM: The headquarters of the Samaritans, was destroyed.
Now, what is that?
Well, Today, in the year 3449 AM, Mount Gerizim,The headquarters of the Samaritans, was plowed/ploughed over and seeded with leeks โ a symbol of total destruction.
This was done as a reaction, to their plot, to do so to Har Habayis.
They had approached Alexander Macedonian, a.k.a. Alexander the Great, on his visit to Eretz Yisrael and asked him to sell 5 Kur (a measurement) of Har Habayis, with the intention to destroy it.
Alexander had first agreed but changed his plan after meeting with Shimon Hatzadik.
Source: Megillas Taanis, in Yoma 69a the date given is 25 Teves
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ?
Present them with the gift of their heritage โ their very own family tree!
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