Questions about kings and monarchy in Judaism.
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Is a Jewish Queen allowable?
The Torah gives us halachos of a king, but I'm curious whether anyone discusses whether it is halachically acceptable to have a female reigning monarch - a queen, and if there was one, whether she would fulfil any of the halachos of a king? I don't…
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Democratically elected leader vs King
I've heard that a number of different opinions suggest that a king is not the ideal situation, but that the Torah gives us halachos of monarchy because that's what people often want. At the time that the Torah was given, there was no concept of a…
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What happened to Zerubbabel?
Regarding the curse of Jenconiah and his descendants (Jeremiah 22:28-30). I am a little confused to what happened with Zerubbabel. He appears in the oracles of Zechariah and Haggai but no clear reference is given to any kingship. According to Ezra,…
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Can Jews elect a non-Jewish king?
Not that you would, given that Israel is not a monarchy and that kings are not exactly elected.
But can it? Would that be halacha? I've heard we have had issues like this during Herod. I just want to understand a bit about the context.
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