Category Archives: Bible Stories

Stones in our pocket?

One of the amazing things that you can find while reading the Hebrew Bible is the amount of different, some will say odd, laws that you must maintain and keep. Today we will meet one of them, that appears in Deuteronomy 25:13-16- ” לֹא-יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּכִיסְךָ, אֶבֶן וָאָבֶן: גְּדוֹלָה, וּקְטַנָּה. לֹא-יִהְיֶה לְךָ בְּבֵיתְךָ, אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה: [...]

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The ninth plague- Darkness

One of my dearest students in E-teacher asked me to explain to him about the ninth plague, the darkness. So today we are going to discuss the “choshech”, meaning darkness in Hebrew. The first time that we encounter this word is in Genesis 1:2, where we see the state of the world, before the beautiful creation [...]

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What happens when the name changes?

In the Hebrew Bible we encounter some passages where there are changes in the name of a person, place or even people. One of the most famous examples can be found in Genesis 17, as written: “וְלֹא-יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת-שִׁמְךָ, אַבְרָם; וְהָיָה שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָהָם, כִּי אַב-הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם נְתַתִּיךָ.” “Neither shall thy name any more be called [...]

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Is G-d local or universal?

When you read the beginning of Ezra, you might discover two different perceptions about The Almighty. Cyrus, the Persian king, who just conquered the Babylonian Empire, woke up with the help of G-d, probably at night as written: ” וּבִשְׁנַת אַחַת, לְכוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס, לִכְלוֹת דְּבַר-יְהוָה, מִפִּי יִרְמְיָה:  הֵעִיר יְהוָה, אֶת-רוּחַ כֹּרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ-פָּרַס, וַיַּעֲבֶר-קוֹל בְּכָל-מַלְכוּתוֹ, [...]

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