Daniel, Perek 6

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How did Daniel's enemies trap a man they could find nothing against? The governors under Daryavesh got the king to sign a thirty-day ban on praying to anyone but him, knowing Daniel would keep davening. Daniel was thrown to the lions and came out unharmed, and his accusers were eaten. Was Daniel allowed to risk his life?

Key points

• Daniel was honest and loyal, and the others envied him because Daryavesh heeded him most.
• From Daryavesh's wish for Daniel, the Gemara learns that a bracha even from a plain person works.
• The mefarshim say Daryavesh sealed the rock to guard Daniel from people, not from the lions.
• Poland's decree on beards and long coats raised a machlokes over whether it fought the religion itself.
• In the Gemara, the tzaddik's clothes were singed because two reshaim went into the furnace with him.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Daryavesh's kingdom and Daniel's role
2. 3:04Sinai and hatred of Jews
3. 5:02The governors' plot against Daniel
4. 9:28Daniel davens facing Yerushalayim
5. 11:58The trial and the pit of lions
6. 17:13Daryavesh returns to the pit
7. 21:00The decree in Poland
8. 25:52False neviim and Nevuchadnezzar's daughter

Topics

• Sefer Daniel
• Kiddush Hashem
• False Neviim