Ezra called on the Kohanim of Djerba to return and serve G-d in Yerushalayim. They refused, because they did not believe that the building of the second Beis Hamikdash was ordained by G-d.

A Novena of Days with St. Ezra July 13 is the date set aside for St. Ezra in the current Roman Martyrology . July 13 is also the memorial for another saint from the Bible — St. Silas — in the ...

So, temple work sits in between voluntary religious service and imperial obligation. For example, Ezra 6 mentions royal decrees ensuring resources for sacrifices, which shows the state's involvement ...

The game Ezra and Nehemiah chronicles the challenges that the noted priest and scribe, Ezra, and cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes of Persia, ... rebuild the walls and the temple, ...