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Come or Go? Parashat Bo
Very commonly we find that words carry a very different meaning than they used to. In many cases a commentator will give an incorrect...
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Aramaic and Hebrew in Contact #2: Shabbat the Queen?
Very commonly people refer to Shabbat as a "Queen" and the famous song "Lekha Dodi" uses the female imagery under the word “Bride”....
Seams in History #2: The Declaration of Cyrus
Ezra Chapter one presents the to the reader a text in which Cyrus king of Persia gave the Jews of his kingdom the right to return to...
History of Hanukkah
I tried my best to cover the details that created the story of Hanukkah, but avoided going to deep into the battles after Judah and the...
Midrahs&Kaballah
Raising questions about popular fields of study in Judaism known as Midrash and Kabbalah. What are the limits of thees fields, and do...
Aramaic and Hebrew in contact #1
It is very cold at the moment here in Israel, and I was thinking of a small anecdote for today: The word for cold in Hebrew is קר-Qar....
Vayeshev 2015
The brothers fight over who is more important and forget that they are all the sons of Ya'aqov. We also tend to forget that we are all...
Blood Groom Exodus 4:24-26
וַיְהִי בַדֶּרֶךְ, בַּמָּלוֹן; וַיִּפְגְּשֵׁהוּ יְהוָה, וַיְבַקֵּשׁ הֲמִיתוֹ. וַתִּקַּח צִפֹּרָה צֹר, וַתִּכְרֹת אֶת-עָרְלַת בְּנָהּ,...
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...
Vegetarians, vegans and Torah
For the past couple of months I have been friends with several vegetarians/vegans and have learnt a lot from them. Some of these friends...
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