After eating the forbidden fruit, it’s not only Adam who feels the effects of his transgression when he’s expelled from the garden of Eden; God curses the land, saying, “Cursed is the ground (אדמה; adamah) because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life” (Genesis 3:17). Similarly, after Cain murders […]
According to most English translations, Genesis 2:15 says that God took “the human” (האדם; ha’adam) and “put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it (לעבדה ולשמרה; le’avdah u’leshamrah). On this rendering, the first human being is put into the garden to work the soil and care for its produce. However, an alternative translation of the Hebrew words for […]
TL;DR: Joseph’s Hebrew name is rooted in the word for ‘gather’ or ‘harvest,’ suggesting his life story is about bringing people together and fulfilling God’s vision of unity and shalom. Joseph, the son of Jacob and Rachel (Gen 35:24), is a vibrant character in the Hebrew Bible. We know that God is with Joseph through the […]
Dear friends, I find myself in a predicament. On the one hand, this is a biblical blog, and I am not supposed to spend my once-per-month post discussing current events. On the other hand, it’s virtually impossible, living in Israel, to write about anything but the war these days. I suppose, there is only one […]
No Words My dear readers, when I published my monthly post in October (the post that had been written and prepared before the war), I thought, it was impossible to write about this horror while it was still going on. That is why I decided to publish my pre-prepared post. I had no words – […]
My beloved readers, of course, I wrote this post a few weeks before the war (it feels like an eternity ago), and even in the worst nightmare nobody could then have imagined the horrific attack that happened on October 7th and all that would unfold (and continues to unfold) after that. It’s really hard to […]
TL;DR The seventh month of the Hebrew calendar (Tishrei) holds deep prophetic significance, beginning with Rosh Hashanah, whose central commandment is the blowing of the shofar. The Wordless Cry We are in the Hebrew month of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. As you all know, the number seven is very important […]
Capital Letters The High Holidays are upon us, and my upcoming posts will be dedicated to the Fall Feasts. This month, however, I can still indulge myself with my favourite topic: showing my readers the hidden gems of the Hebrew Scriptures, the amazing things that are lost in translation. Last time we spoke about Jacob; […]
There is a meaningful interval in the Biblical calendar: from Shavuot and the presentation of the first-fruits on the 6th of Sivan, till the blowing of shofar on the 1st of Tishrei, there are almost four months – and right now we are in this interval. Therefore, I can allow myself to remind you all […]
Nowadays, almost everyone uses Google Maps for navigation, but around twenty years ago, when the first GPS, or navigation devices appeared, when an object was located on it, a flashing red dot appeared on the screen and there were different options to zoom in or zoom out. Usually, you would be interested in the “street […]
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