Jewish Revolt
The Jewish revolt led by Bar Kochba in 132 AD was not the work of a single if a single radical revolutionary. It was the inevitable result of years of promises not kept to the Jews, and laws which suppressed the basis of Jews as a nation. To understand the reasonfor Bar Kochba's Revolt one must go back many years even before the war. Prior to Hadrian, an emperor by the name of Trajan was the ruler of the Roman empire. Due to the rebellion of the Jews in the Diaspora to the east and the west of them, Trajan, in order to keep the Jews in Palestine from rebelling he had to send a great general to be governor of the Jews in Palestine, a general who was well with the harshness in which he treated people. This general's name was Tineius Rufus, he was the general that put down the uprising of the Jews in Parthia. Because of Rufus' reputation of his severity to the Jews, he uprooted any thought of the Jews in Palestine to rebel against Rome at that time. The Jews did not want to rebel anyway. Trajan had promised the Jewsthat he would rebuild the asenv ,hc, the Jews assumed this also meant The Pagans in Palestine did not want the asenv ,hc to be
In Jerusalem an alter to the Jewish G-d was placed on the place where the magnificent asenv ,hc once stood. Rabbi Akiva was sure that Bar Kochba would turn out to be "A second Judah the Maccabee. He forbade Circumcision, keeping the Sabbath, and the making and keeping of a Jewish Calendar. " One day a Kussi snuck into the city. They defeated little bands of rebels independently defending their cities. He realized that the Jews would always see the Romans as Tyrants. They said to Bar Kochba, "How long are you going to turn Jews into ohnun hkgc?" This means, how long will you turn Jews into Warriors with imperfection (a missing finger). The Jews were once again independent. Even if Bar Kochba did not exist a revolt would have still occurred maybe with a different date and a different leader, but a revolt was inescapable. They reconquered Palestine one town at a time. The fall of Betar was due to a three main events. If they did not revolt against the Romans they would have died, in a spiritual sense. Also, in addition, Trajan, the Emperor who made this promise died and was succeeded by Hadrian. Without a Jewish Calendar you cannot fixate the Jewish Holidays which meant you couldn't keep them.
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