Category Archives: Old testament
What is the best jewelry for the neck?
In the book of Proverbs the good woman appears as a metaphor of wisdom.it was and still is customary for a woman to put necklaces or other jewelries around her neck. The passage that you are about to read is one of my favorites in the Hebrew Bible, as written: ” בְּנִי תּוֹרָתִי אַל-תִּשְׁכָּח; וּמִצְוֹתַי, יִצֹּר [...]
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What was the date of the first Temple’s destruction?
In the Jewish tradition the ninth day of month ‘AV’, the fifth month according to the Old Testament, considered to be the day when the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and burned the first Temple, in 586 B.C.E. However, not many people know that this date is not found in the Bible. If we read the description [...]