Monthly Archives: December 2009

Part 1-Hell in Judaism- Gehenna

Most of us are familiar with the concept of Hell from what we see in the Media: Hell is a place where sinners and evil people go after death. We are told that hell is a fiery place of torment and the souls are suffering for eternity. In Judaism however, and in the Bible particularly, [...]

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Jewish mythology- The Salamander

There are many stories about mysterious monsters and creatures in Hebrew Scriptures. One of the most fascinating creatures is the Salamander. According to the Rabbi Abuhu in the name of Raabi Eliezer , the Salamander emerges from fire and If one smears his hand or any other part of his body with its blood, the [...]

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1 kings 18 – a story of decision

Whenever I am looking at people, who need to have a critical decision about their life, when they are in a junction that they need to choose whether to go right or left, I remind the saying of Elijah the prophet in the book of kings, when he want to show the people of Israel [...]

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Bitter Destruction

In the Book of Deuteronomy 32:24 we can find the first and only reference to bitter destruction in the Bible: ” מְזֵי רָעָב וּלְחֻמֵי רֶשֶׁף,  {ר}  וְקֶטֶב מְרִירִי;  {ס}  וְשֶׁן-בְּהֵמֹת, אֲשַׁלַּח-בָּם,  {ר}  עִם-חֲמַת, זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר.  {ס}” “The wasting of hunger and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts [...]

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