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Horns
Many words in Hebrew can have several meanings which are based on context. Here is a case of one word which in time became a symbol for...
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When was Hannah's prayer answered?
In the amazing and beautiful story of the birth of Shmuel, we are presented with the powerful prayer of his mother Hannah. Hannah was...
Flour
While preparing for my weekly Tanakh class, I came across a word which had an interesting memory for me. The word is סלת-Solet, and is...
Nehemiah 8:15 and Sukkot
I have for many years dealt with the subject of the four species of Leviticus 23:40, and how they are understood in rabbinic...
Yom Hakippurim
Name of the Day Most people know Yom Hakippurim as "Yom Kipur"-יום כיפור (spelled in the Torah without the י and ו). In the Torah it is...
One Flesh (Gen 2:24)
I was asked the following question about the relationship between man and woman in the context of Gen 2:24, and the meaning of the words...
One Verb
A Biblical text can be a field of land-mines which can create many arguments over what is actually being said. This has been the main...
Daughters Inheriting
At the end of Bamidbar we read the following: וַתִּהְיֶינָה מַחְלָה תִרְצָה, וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְנֹעָה--בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד: לִבְנֵי...
The World
The word Olam עולם is one of those words that keeps on showing up. Most commonly it is known from the blessings used in Judaism "אלהינו...
Kerem
The prophet Yisha'ayahu tells the story of a vineyard: אָשִׁירָה נָּא לִידִידִי, שִׁירַת דּוֹדִי לְכַרְמוֹ: כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִידִידִי,...
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