Hizkiyahu's Prayer

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1. Yeshayahu 35-39 - Matan Al HaPerek

   Rabbi David Sabato

    Chapter 35 vividly depicts the journey of the exiles back to Zion. The Chapter is replete with different expressions of joy, and is dotted with happy descriptions of the blossoming of the desert and the flowing of its waters, as well as the healing of human wounds.

   Chapters 36-39 are parallel to Chapters 18-20 of II Kings (Melakhim Bet), with only very minor differences (which we will not be discussing in this article). We will focus on the additions that occur in the Book of Yeshayahu and not in Melakhim Bet:Hizkiyahu's expression of thanks after his recuperation (38, 9-20).

2. Hizkiyahu, Prayer, and a Do-it-Yourself Approach

   Erev Shabbat Tazria-Metzora

   Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell

   תאריך פרסום: תש"ע | |

   Sanheriv, King of Assyria, is on the march and destroying large swaths of Yehuda.  He sends Ravshakeh to deliver a famous, demoralizing speech saying that Hizkiyahu and the people of Jerusalem have no reason to hope. We - and Hizkiyahu learn that to get something done right, one has to have personal responsibility and investment. We look at Hizkiyahu's response to this and to other events and learn messages about the significance of prayer - even prayer for onesself.

3. וּבְאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֗ה עָלָ֞ה סַנְחֵרִ֤יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עַ֣ל כָּל־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃

   II Kings 18, verse 13

4. בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם חָלָ֥ה חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לָמ֑וּת וַיָּבֹ֣א אֵ֠לָיו יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־אָמ֜וֹץ הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ צַ֣ו לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י מֵ֥ת אַתָּ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תִֽחְיֶֽה׃

   II Kings 20, verse 1