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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...
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...
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...
House of God
In Biblical Hebrew there are two basic forms to describe the temple: Heykhal YHWH and Beyt YHWH. Heykahl is derived from the Sumerian...
Peace of Jerusalem
One of the most common verses on FB is the following from Psalms 122:6: שאלו שלום ירושלם, ישליו אהביך Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,...
Compassion
A word which keeps on coming up in conversation with friends and students is the רחמים- Rachamim -mercy/compassion from the root רחם....
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