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TechnoratiPOST PUBLISHED INJanuary, 2012
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What's the best song in the Bible?
January 30th, 201202:58 AM ETThe book of Psalms ends with a beautiful psalm that is music to our ears. When I read these last words of this book, my heart is full of excitement, I can feel the Levites who were standing on the Temple's stairs, when G-d was praised. Let's enjoy the words, as written: " הַלְלוּ-יָהּ: הַלְלוּ-אֵל בְּקָדְשׁוֹ; הַ... -
Can we return to Egypt?
January 30th, 201202:57 AM ETThere are three places in the Pentateuch that forbid the Israelites to come back to Egypt, after they left it. The first is in Exodus 14:13- " וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל-הָעָם, אַל-תִּירָאוּ--הִתְיַצְּבוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת-יְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר-יַעֲשֶׂה לָכֶם הַי... -
Are we ready to listen?
January 30th, 201202:55 AM ETThe destruction of the First Temple was a shocking event in the history of the Israelites. However, not everyone remembers that in the Promised Land stayed people who were very confused about the future to come. Jeremiah, who was the prophet in this period, was asked to help those people to reach an important decision, as written: "וַיִּגּ... -
What was the date of the first Temple's destruction?
January 30th, 201202:53 AM ETIn the Jewish tradition the ninth day of month 'AV', the fifth month according to the Old Testament, considered to be the day when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and burned the first Temple, in 586 B.C.E. However, not many people know that this date is not found in the Bible. If we read the description of Jerusalem's destruction in 2 Kings 25... -
What was the purpose of the Second Temple?
January 30th, 201202:51 AM ETThe book of Haggai has only two chapters that we have to read and only the book of Obadiah is shorter than him. However, the number of verses won't decide what is more important and what is less. Every word that is written in the Holy Language is pure gold for us, his readers. Therefore, I wanted to share with you my thoughts about few verses from ... -
What is the best jewelry for the neck?
January 30th, 201202:49 AM ETIn the book of Proverbs the good woman appears as a metaphor of wisdom.it was and still is customary for a woman to put necklaces or other jewelries around her neck. The passage that you are about to read is one of my favorites in the Hebrew Bible, as written: " בְּנִי תּוֹרָתִי אַל-תִּשְׁכָּח; וּמִצְוֹתַי... -
How to avoid a battle?
January 07th, 201204:05 PM ETAbraham our father was a man of peace, a man who believed that before you fight about territory or property, you should try to prevent it. In Genesis 13, after returning from Egypt with a big flock, gold and other things, Abraham needed to decide what to do with Lot, who had also a lot of property, as written: " וְאַבְרָם, כָּבֵד מ... -
Present and future in Hosea's prophecy
January 07th, 201204:03 PM ETThe book of Hosea is the first time that we can see the beautiful metaphor of relationship between G-d and his people , as the love of a man to his wife. In the third chapter there is a description of two situations in this relationship: The first was in the days of the prophet, the days of treason, the days when the people of Israel looked for oth... -
First listen and then do!
January 07th, 201204:02 PM ETOne of the beautiful sentences that I have learned is that G-d gave us one mouth and two ears. One mouth to speak less and two ears to hear more. This is a Greek sentence that shows the element of tolerance and being attentive are good qualities for us. In Exodus 24 there is a covenant between G-d and the people of Israel. After the Ten Commandmen... -
How G-d controls the trees?
January 07th, 201204:00 PM ETThe influence of G-d on the nature can be seen a lot of time in the Bible. If G-d wants to create an earthquake, it is not a problem to him. He controls all the nature. When the people of Israel needed to cross the red sea, G-d divided it by two, as written in Exodus 14:21- " וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת-יָדוֹ, עַל-הַיָּם, וַי...
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Eli recently completed his MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on the Bible .Nowadays, he teaches Bible, Jewish Philosophy and Mathematics in ”The Beit Hinuch high school” in Jerusa
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