Nach Yomi A Deeper Look: Melachim Alef 10 "Nevuchadnetzer-- Ben Shlomo?"
Oct 13, 2026 · 7 min · 4 segments
Nach Yomi A Deeper Look: Melachim Alef 10 "Nevuchadnetzer-- Ben Shlomo?"
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Oct 13, 2026 · 7 min · 4 segments
Nach Yomi A Deeper Look: Melachim Alef 10 "Nevuchadnetzer-- Ben Shlomo?"
In fact, in Pasuk Gimel, we're told that, uh, the King Shlomo HaMelech gave Malkat Sheba all she desired, m- uh, aside from that which he normally gave her, and then she went home.
So Rashi points out that he gave the Queen of Sheba, uh, that's knowledge, kol chetza, uh, as opposed to just the gifts.
And, um, [clears throat] Rashi has a comment in a Hagah over there, where Rashi comments and he says, [Hebrew], that, uh, he gave her a lot more.
He gave her a physical comfort.
He invol-- He was-- He had marital relations with her.
[Hebrew] He destroyed, uh, four hundred and, uh, the Beis Hamikdash of four hundred and ten years.
Now, in the Sefer Yaalkut, uh, Hagershuni, they quote something rather, uh, crazy, rather wild from the Sefer Or HaTzvi from Tzvi Berlis, uh, who is from Brisk, who says, Rashi in the Hagah, the one who added this editorial comment about the fact that Nevuchadnezzar came from Malkat Sheba, right? Um, a-and, uh, he says it quite-- it's quite weird.
Why is that being mentioned over here? And, uh, you know, who doesn't know the house, uh, the Beis Hamikdash stood four hundred and ten years.
So why is the Maggia pointing that out as well, that he destroyed the Beis of four hundred and, uh, uh, four hundred and ten years? Now, we know that we ha- we have a rule called Shemo KaGarim.
The name of a person, uh, causes certain things to happen.
The name Nevuchadnezzar, uh, has three letters from, uh, the Ba-- the Beis, the Vav, and the Daled, which add up to twelve, which, um, you know, somehow in the Chochmat HaKabbalah, in the Sifrei HaKlalim, we just have the extra letters of, um, Achire-- uh, of Achadim, Na-Nun, Chaf, Nun, Tzadi, Reish, which is four hundred and ten.
Uh, and he says that's crazy.
In other words, the idea, you know, that, um, we have the, uh, three letters, uh, in the, uh, Ba-Beis, Vav, and Daled add up to Nevuchadnezzar, which of course points at-- comes to four hundred and ten.
Well, what's he talking about? So the Mishpat Sozel quotes that when Rashi says in the Sinazul, [Hebrew], that this gift that Shlomo HaMelech gave was wisdom, it comes to change that idea, right? In other words, he did give her other things.
And even according to the Mekubalim, we, uh, we have to understand that, um, she must have been a goy to a certain point, and after she got to the understanding of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, uh, she should have accepted Torah Yisrael.
And then what happened? She changed back, and that's the issue over here.
And, uh, we find in the Sifrei Mekubalim, the Chesed La'Avram, who also points out [swallows], Malkat Sheva had a, uh, ha-ha-- did have a, um, two children that came out of the union with Shlomo HaMelech, the Shelah HaKadosh in Masechtet Ta'anit, and his Joshua for Parashat HaMatot points out also, [Hebrew], that when the Pasuk says, "Hashem said, 'I'm gonna bring the ro from your home,'" that was, uh, ca-- that came true from Nevuchadnezzar, who came from, uh, Dovid HaMelech, who's called Ari, right? And so when Shlomo HaMelech says the Shelah HaKadosh had relations with Malkat Sheba, she became pregnant, and that's-- from that pregnancy, Nevuchadnezzar came about.
The Ramchal in Sefer Ader BaMarom, in the Sefer Reish HaChochma, the Kol Yaakar, they all point out that, um, when it says that the king gave her all kol cheftzah, right, that, uh, he also allowed himself to be with her in a biblical sense.
In the Kohelet, Yaakov also points out that, um, again, uh, that, that, uh, this is the standard of the Midrushei Chazal.
Sometimes when you're giving away so much, and we're gonna see this even more clearly in the introduction to tomorrow's Perek, when you give away so much, you lose who you are in the process.
In fact, in Pasuk Gimel, we're told that, uh, the King Shlomo HaMelech gave Malkat Sheba all she desired, m- uh, aside from that which he normally gave her, and then she went home.
So Rashi points out that he gave the Queen of Sheba, uh, that's knowledge, kol chetza, uh, as opposed to just the gifts.
And, um, [clears throat] Rashi has a comment in a Hagah over there, where Rashi comments and he says, [Hebrew], that, uh, he gave her a lot more.
He gave her a physical comfort.
He invol-- He was-- He had marital relations with her.
[Hebrew] He destroyed, uh, four hundred and, uh, the Beis Hamikdash of four hundred and ten years.
Now, in the Sefer Yaalkut, uh, Hagershuni, they quote something rather, uh, crazy, rather wild from the Sefer Or HaTzvi from Tzvi Berlis, uh, who is from Brisk, who says, Rashi in the Hagah, the one who added this editorial comment about the fact that Nevuchadnezzar came from Malkat Sheba, right? Um, a-and, uh, he says it quite-- it's quite weird.
Why is that being mentioned over here? And, uh, you know, who doesn't know the house, uh, the Beis Hamikdash stood four hundred and ten years.
So why is the Maggia pointing that out as well, that he destroyed the Beis of four hundred and, uh, uh, four hundred and ten years? Now, we know that we ha- we have a rule called Shemo KaGarim.
The name of a person, uh, causes certain things to happen.
The name Nevuchadnezzar, uh, has three letters from, uh, the Ba-- the Beis, the Vav, and the Daled, which add up to twelve, which, um, you know, somehow in the Chochmat HaKabbalah, in the Sifrei HaKlalim, we just have the extra letters of, um, Achire-- uh, of Achadim, Na-Nun, Chaf, Nun, Tzadi, Reish, which is four hundred and ten.
Uh, and he says that's crazy.
In other words, the idea, you know, that, um, we have the, uh, three letters, uh, in the, uh, Ba-Beis, Vav, and Daled add up to Nevuchadnezzar, which of course points at-- comes to four hundred and ten.
Well, what's he talking about? So the Mishpat Sozel quotes that when Rashi says in the Sinazul, [Hebrew], that this gift that Shlomo HaMelech gave was wisdom, it comes to change that idea, right? In other words, he did give her other things.
And even according to the Mekubalim, we, uh, we have to understand that, um, she must have been a goy to a certain point, and after she got to the understanding of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, uh, she should have accepted Torah Yisrael.
And then what happened? She changed back, and that's the issue over here.
And, uh, we find in the Sifrei Mekubalim, the Chesed La'Avram, who also points out [swallows], Malkat Sheva had a, uh, ha-ha-- did have a, um, two children that came out of the union with Shlomo HaMelech, the Shelah HaKadosh in Masechtet Ta'anit, and his Joshua for Parashat HaMatot points out also, [Hebrew], that when the Pasuk says, "Hashem said, 'I'm gonna bring the ro from your home,'" that was, uh, ca-- that came true from Nevuchadnezzar, who came from, uh, Dovid HaMelech, who's called Ari, right? And so when Shlomo HaMelech says the Shelah HaKadosh had relations with Malkat Sheba, she became pregnant, and that's-- from that pregnancy, Nevuchadnezzar came about.
The Ramchal in Sefer Ader BaMarom, in the Sefer Reish HaChochma, the Kol Yaakar, they all point out that, um, when it says that the king gave her all kol cheftzah, right, that, uh, he also allowed himself to be with her in a biblical sense.
In the Kohelet, Yaakov also points out that, um, again, uh, that, that, uh, this is the standard of the Midrushei Chazal.
Sometimes when you're giving away so much, and we're gonna see this even more clearly in the introduction to tomorrow's Perek, when you give away so much, you lose who you are in the process.
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