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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...
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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...
All Ye of Black Hair
An interesting term found both in ANE text and Jewish sources is "Black headed peoples". This term is found in Sumerian poetry and legal...
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,...
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...
Compassion
A word which keeps on coming up in conversation with friends and students is the רחמים- Rachamim -mercy/compassion from the root רחם....
How red do you need to be?
In this weeks Torah reading we add the section from the Red Heifer in Numbers 19 which was used to cleans the people when coming in...
Gifts and Offerings
An interesting thing about Biblical Hebrew is the specific use of words. We are mostly exposed to the limited vernacular of Hebrew and...
Keruv-Cherub
Much debate exists about hte shape and nature of the Cherubs mentioned in the Bible. They were fetured on the ark, the tabernacle and the...
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