Monthly Archives: July 2010
Mount Carmel in the bible – a symbol of beauty and belief- part 2
What is unique and important with Mount Carmel? The great miracle of fire falling down from the skies, burning all the water, the entire altar, is a mark for the magical and mysterious power of the place as written in 1 kings 18: 38-39- “ וַתִּפֹּל אֵשׁ-יְהוָה, וַתֹּאכַל אֶת-הָעֹלָה וְאֶת-הָעֵצִים, וְאֶת-הָאֲבָנִים, וְאֶת-הֶעָפָר; וְאֶת-הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר-בַּתְּעָלָה, לִחֵכָה [...]
Mount Carmel in the bible – a symbol of beauty and belief
When we are being told about a name of a place in the bible, we usually don’t ask why this place was chosen and not other; we usually ask what happened there. Today we will speak about a place that symbols the beauty character of the promise land and also the place when the belief [...]
Messages from the tower of Babylon story
If people want to publish themselves or to be famous, they want to make their name better. This is one of the ideas that come from the tower of Babylon story as written in Genesis 11:4- “וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָבָה נִבְנֶה-לָּנוּ עִיר, וּמִגְדָּל וְרֹאשׁוֹ בַשָּׁמַיִם, וְנַעֲשֶׂה-לָּנוּ, שֵׁם: פֶּן-נָפוּץ, עַל-פְּנֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ.” “And they said: ‘Come, let us build [...]
The allegory of the shepherds
In The Book of Ezekiel in chapter 34 we can find a beautiful allegory: Ezekiel, the prophet, compares between the leaders of Israel to the shepherds. Ezekiel claims that the leaders, like the shepherds, neglecting the people of Israel. Instead of taking care of the sheep and lead them to a safe place, the shepherds [...]
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