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Today during sleichos I felt I betrayed the memory of Gedaliah Ben Ah’chekum. Today was set aside to commemorate the assassination of Gedaliah, the administrator of the Jews in Judah after the destruction of the Mikdash in 586 BCE.
His story is told in Malachim (2 25:22-26) and Yermeyah (39:13-14; 40:1-41:18).He is refered to as Gedaliah son of Ah’chekum and grandson of Sha'phan. Gedeliah's power, however, did not last long. The king of Ammon,had Gedaliah assassinated. The Fast is mentioned in Rosh Hashanah (18b),for the third day of Tishrei; Zechariah(7:5; 8:19) refers only to the month. The Rabunim add that a fast day is designated to commemorate his death because the death of a righteous man is as tragic as the burning of the Mikdash. Le’chedud Be’Alma- Gedaliah’s seal was found at Lachish (southwest of Jerusalem), dating to roughly 600 BCE, bears the inscription, "Gedalyahu, who is over the house."

My betrayal was as follows:

Towards the end of sleichos we say "The one who answered to Avraham answer me……. The one who answered to all the righteous, the pure .the holy, kind ones, answer me".
What about Gedaliah Ben Ah’chekum, was he not righteous, pure, holy, and kind?Where is his answer?
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