Monthly Archives: April 2010

The metaphor of water

In Jeremiah 2 it seems to be that there is a journey to the past, the good past according to the prophet , when the people of Israel have been in the desert and they served The Lord with a great commitment, without complaining, though that the conditions were bad- the desert was the place [...]

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What is Sefer Yetsirah

” בשלשים ושתים נתיבות פליאות חכמה חקק י”ה יהו”ה צבאות את עולמו בשלשה ספרים בספר ספר וספור “ “In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did JAH the Lord of Hosts engrave his name: God of the armies of Israel, ever-living God, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on high, who inhabited [...]

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Weekly Torah Portion – Shmini

  Meaning of the name The portion is named Shmini, שְׁמִינִי, "the eighth", because it begins with describing what happened on the eighth day of the dedication of the Tabernacle. The portion begins with a detailed description of the sacrifices Aaron offers on the eighth day of the dedication of the Tabernacle, the treatments of [...]

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Wordplay in the book of Samuel

The more well known story of the arriving of David to the palace of king Saul is because David, the small one, killed goliath, the big warrior of the philistines in 1 Samuel 17. But, we need to remember that there is one more story that tells us different way of David reaching the palace; [...]

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