The Tragedy of Gedaliah the Son of Achikam

We follow the final part of the collapse of Judah after the Destruction of the First Temple, the tragedy at the new capital in Mitzpeh, and the assassination of Gedalyah. Why is this such a significant event in Jewish History? What effect does this have on Judaism? Why fast on the fast of Gedalyah?

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