1 Terumah (Exodus 25, 1 – 27, 19) – why the Tabernacle and animal sacrifice?
The Tabernacle, which in Hebrew (משכן) literally means dwelling is a portable tent like structure that is seen as the dwelling place of the presence of God. In the command…
The Tabernacle, which in Hebrew (משכן) literally means dwelling is a portable tent like structure that is seen as the dwelling place of the presence of God. In the command…
The Torah reading of Mishpatim contains commandments that in the plain meaning of Scripture are given on Mount Sinai together with the tablets containing the ten statements (and, the Biblical…
The opening verse of the Torah reading Mishpatim is “And these are the ordinances which you shall set before them” - and, Rashi, the great Biblical commentator of the Jewish…
There is a parallel relationship between two great stories that stand out in the Hebrew Bible - the story of the binding of Isaac and the story of the great…
In the Torah reading of Yitro is the story of the revelation of the tablets on Sinai and the ten statements - and, the Biblical term is ten statements and…
In the Torah reading of Yitro is the story of the revelation of the tablets on Sinai and the ten statements - and, the Biblical term is ten statements and…
At the end of the Torah reading of Beshalach, it is written that God says (Exodus 17, 14) - “I will utterly wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under…
Passover, the celebration of the exodus and the birth of the Jewish people, is to be celebrated, according to the Bible (Leviticus 23, 7-8), for 7 days with the first…
In the Torah reading of Bo, the command is given by God to Moses to observe Passover, even prior to the revelation of Sinai, and Moses then transmits the command…
In the Torah reading of Vaera, there is a verse that stands out in the Hebrew Bible in which God says that the great unpronounceable name of God, YHVH, was…