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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...
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Daughters Inheriting
At the end of Bamidbar we read the following: וַתִּהְיֶינָה מַחְלָה תִרְצָה, וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְנֹעָה--בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד: לִבְנֵי...
Ezekiel 14
I was going over the book of Yechezkel (Ezekiel) today and I have always wanted to share the following thing. In chapter 14 there are...
Oral Torah
"So if the Torah gives you general guidelines, what is the Torah understanding? Torah is understanding one very simple thing--something...
Seams in History #3: King Ahab
The monolith of Kurukh is an important historical document from Shalmaneser the third (battle of Karkar 853 BC). It accounts his battle...
Seams in history: King Saul
One of the problems facing historians is the transition from one era of history to another. The seam between points in time creates in...
Yoqne'am-Image of a Livitical city
Yoqne'am is a less known Tel (artificial mound) which sits just outside of the modern Yoqne'am of today near the eastern slop of Mount...
Avraham and Malkitsedeq
One of the most difficult subjects to write about are the things which serve an ideology for some. When I attempt to explain certain...
The half shekel temple tax
During the second temple period a custom developed to give a half shekel to the temple. The act is known as “The half shekel temple tax”....
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