Walls of Water
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September 15, 2011
When the bible first mentions the splitting of the Red Sea, it states: the waters were a wall to them on their right and on
Shema – A Central Tenet
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September 15, 2011
Six words found in Deuteronomy (6:4) ¬ shema yisrael, adonai elohaynu adonai ehad (Hear O Israel! The LORD our God, the LORD is one!) have
Jacob, the man of the tent
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September 2, 2011
Jacob was left alone, and a man (ish) wrestled with him until the rise of dawn (Genesis 32:25). Who was this unknown assailant Jacob was
The origin of the name “Adam”
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September 2, 2011
Common translation of the name God gave to the first person is Adam. In Biblical Hebrew, the name of man is Adom (אדם) meaning earth.
The Hebrew month of Elul
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September 2, 2011
In the Hebraic calendar, we began the month of Elul – אלול, a time for personal and communal introspection to prepare for the upcoming holidays
Walls of Water
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September 15, 2011
When the bible first mentions the splitting of the Red Sea, it states: the waters were a wall to them on their right and on their left (Exodus 14:22 & 29). The “walls of water” are confirmed in Psalm 78.
Shema – A Central Tenet
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September 15, 2011
Six words found in Deuteronomy (6:4) ¬ shema yisrael, adonai elohaynu adonai ehad (Hear O Israel! The LORD our God, the LORD is one!) have become the central credo of Judaism. The Shema is the first prayer a child commits
Jacob, the man of the tent
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September 2, 2011
Jacob was left alone, and a man (ish) wrestled with him until the rise of dawn (Genesis 32:25). Who was this unknown assailant Jacob was struggling with? Many commentators identify him as angel. An alternative approach to the identity of
The origin of the name “Adam”
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September 2, 2011
Common translation of the name God gave to the first person is Adam. In Biblical Hebrew, the name of man is Adom (אדם) meaning earth. The term is also an acronym of the words dust (אפר), blood (דם) and bile
The Hebrew month of Elul
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September 2, 2011
In the Hebraic calendar, we began the month of Elul – אלול, a time for personal and communal introspection to prepare for the upcoming holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. The four Hebrew letters of Elul are an acronym