[Avodah] halacha and history

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

>>  From the daf yomi at the beginning of Gittin there arises the question of
>> the boundaries of Israel.  Tahbetz (3:4) claims that Ezra conquered
>> (nichbash) the Golan  while it is not clear if the portion of Jordan was
>> conquered by Ezra,

>> However it is clear that Ezra (or Nechemia) had no army to conquer anyone.
...

> Nichbash needn't mean conquered militarily.  Taken over with permission of
> the Persian emperor would suffice.

Given all the enemies that Ezra and Nechemia had as described in Tanach it
would seem odd that king would give permission to take over the Golan many
days travel away.

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Eli Turkel