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  • Who were the

    October 26th, 200901:28 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    In Genesis 6:1-4 we read: " וַיְהִי כִּי-הֵחֵל הָאָדָם, לָרֹב עַל-פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה; וּבָנוֹת, יֻלְּדוּ לָהֶם. וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי-הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת-בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם, כִּי טֹבֹת הֵנָּה; וַיִּקְחוּ לָהֶם נָשִׁים,...

  • Jacob's battle with the Angel-part 2

    October 26th, 200912:59 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    Many scholars believe that Jacob wrestled with the Angel of God. It is possible that this is the son of God, who interacted with man in the form of an angel. According to the Sages, the Angel is the "angel of Esau," and their struggle, which "raised dust up to the Supernal Throne," is the cosmic struggle between two nations and two world: the spir...

  • Jacob's battle with the Angel-part 1

    October 26th, 200912:55 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    "וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב, לְבַדּוֹ; וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ, עַד עֲלוֹת הַשָּׁחַר. וַיַּרְא, כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ, וַיִּגַּע, בְּכַף-יְרֵכוֹ; וַתֵּקַע כַּף-יֶרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב, בְּהֵאָבְקוֹ עִמּוֹ. וַיֹּ...

  • The importance of one stone- the Dead Sea scrolls- part 2

    October 22nd, 200901:49 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    The only book that survived completely from the Dead Sea scrolls from the bible is the book of Isaiah. Two copies of the book have been found in Qumran, one with all the chapters from the book, the other is with part of the chapters- few of them. The book is very similar to the book that we have today, and that means, my friends, that in the time ...

  • Who really killed Goliath?

    October 20th, 200901:55 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    We all know the story of the battle between David and Goliath. But if we look dipper into The Scriptures we can find two different answers to the question of who killed Goliath? Version 1- David killed Goliath According to 1 Samuel 17:49-50 David killed Goliath: " וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד אֶת-יָדוֹ אֶל-הַכֶּלִי, ו...

  • Love your fellow as yourself

    October 19th, 200902:50 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    In the Book of Leviticus 19:18 God has commanded us: " לֹא-תִקֹּם וְלֹא-תִטֹּר אֶת-בְּנֵי עַמֶּךָ, וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ: אֲנִי, יְהוָה." "Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy...

  • The importance of one stone- the Dead Sea scrolls- part 1

    October 17th, 200902:33 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
     If one of your goats as a shepherd would have gone and lost - would you chase after her? According to the a famous story when Moses was a shepherd he lost one his goat and due to his responsibility and the searching after her, The lord sais to himself that if Moses was so responsible to one goat - he can be the leader of the people of Israel....

  • Simchat Torah

    October 13th, 200902:16 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    " דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר: בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם, לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה, חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת שִׁבְעַת יָמִים, לַיהוָה. בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן, מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ; כָּל-מְלֶאכֶת עֲ...

  • Daniel in the lions' Den- Part 2

    October 10th, 200905:17 AM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    After the other leaders were unable to find any occasion against Daniel, they devised a scheme to trap Daniel by making it illegal for him to worship God. They convinced king Darius to make it mandatory for all his subjects to worship him for the next 30 days and anyone caught worshipping anyone else must be thrown into a den of hungry lions as wri...

  • Daniel in the lions' Den- Part 1

    October 09th, 200903:19 PM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    Daniel," judge of God", was David's second son. Daniel's Babylonian name was Belteshazzar .He was one of the four great prophets, although he is not once spoken of in the Old Testament as a prophet.. The Book Of Daniel is a very unique book because it was originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic. From the beginning of the book to Chapter 2 it was ...

  • I wanted the grace – not the sacrifice- Hosea 6:6

    October 09th, 200906:48 AM ET
    By Eli Dahan, Biblical teacher at eTeacherBiblical.com
    A question that I am asking myself and my pupils all the time is what the correct way to serve The Lord is, how should I treat The Almighty or like the song from the great album "The Wall" - is there anybody out there? (To answer the question... of course). One of the great metaphors in the bible is the husband and wife- the husband is God, and the...
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