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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...
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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...
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...
Kerem
The prophet Yisha'ayahu tells the story of a vineyard: אָשִׁירָה נָּא לִידִידִי, שִׁירַת דּוֹדִי לְכַרְמוֹ: כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִידִידִי,...
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,...
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...
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The monolith of Kurukh is an important historical document from Shalmaneser the third (battle of Karkar 853 BC).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...
Mabul-מבול
This past week we have had a massive storm in Israel, which made me wonder about an old post I wrote several years ago, and has been lost...
Unicorn and Grammar
A case of mistranslation that one of my students pointed out to me. Though some translations have corrected it, it is a good platform to...
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