When 2020 began, it seemed only natural to open the year with the series called “BEGINNINGS”. I wanted to discuss here in depth the primeval history—the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis. As most of my readers probably know, these chapters form a separate, integrated unit: while from Genesis 12 onwards, Scripture deals […]
My dear readers, as you know by now, from time to time I post a Torah Portion (Parashat Shavua) commentary here. Today, I would like to share with you the commentary on one of the richest portions in the Torah — Parashat Shavua Chukkat (the reading for the last Shabbat). The Red Heifer: between life […]
Our last (for now) installment of this series is taken from the life of Jacob the Patriarch. While comparing his way back to the Land of Israel with his journey out of the Land of Israel 20 years earlier, we will discover the amazing details – and even more amazing spiritual truths that these details […]
Last time, we started to compare the circumstances of Sarah’s maid Hagar, Ishmael’s mother, in two different chapters of Genesis where she had experienced an epiphany: in Genesis 16, when Hagar was pregnant and fled from Sarah, and in Genesis 21, after she, and her teenage son Ishmael, had been banished from Abraham’s camp. We […]
Our next comparison is taken from the story of Hagar – a very special biblical character. Hagar occupies quite a unique place in the Bible for many different reasons: She is the first runaway slave; the first woman in Abraham’s family to conceive and carry a child; the first slave to be freed. What puts […]
Our exercise today is taken from the famous story of Joseph and his brothers. You probably remember the story: the brothers come back to Joseph for the second time, this time with Benjamin, and after they had accomplished their mission, next morning they started their way back. You probably also remember that not long before […]
We are starting a new series today – one that I have been planning to share with you here for a long time. If you have ever read children’s magazines to your young ones, you are sure to have seen exercises in comparison, where you are presented with two seemingly identical pictures and have to […]
The Day of Revelation: Jewish Perspective 15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the Lord.[2] This is our Scripture for […]
Today, we are finishing our discussion of one of the most dramatic chapters in the Bible – indeed, one of the most dramatic chapters in entire human history. Punishment or Protection? 22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: And now, lest he put out […]
Corona-virus has changed the plans of millions – and this blog, of course, has not been exempted from this unfortunate influence. Originally, I planned to have my BEGINNING series from the beginning of 2020 through Passover – but as you know, that’s not what happened. This article resumes this series; and I am reminding you […]
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