Exile of Edom (גָּלוּת אֱדוֹם)
Exile of Edom (גָּלוּת אֱדוֹם)

Exile of Edom

The subjugation of the Jewish people in the land of Israel by the Romans after the complete destruction of the Second Temple in the year seventy of the common era.

("This is said in contrast to the Exile of Edom who destroyed the Holy Temple and exiled Israel from their land" - Midbar Rabba (Vilna edition), Parashat Nasa, section 7)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

גָּלוּת אֱדוֹם

Definition (Hebrew)

שִׁעְבּוּד הָעָם הַיְּהוּדִי בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל יְדֵי הָרוֹמָאִים לְאַחַר חֻרְבַּן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בִּשְׁנַת שִׁבְעִים לַסְּפִירָה כְּלָלִית.

("הֲרֵי זֶה אָמוּר כְּנֶגֶד גָּלוּת אֱדוֹם שֶׁהֶחֱרִיבוּ ביהמ"ק וְהִגְלוּ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַרְצָם"- בְּמִדְבַּר רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת נָשָׂא פָּרָשָׁה ז)

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