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Can we return to Egypt?

There are three places in the Pentateuch that forbid the Israelites to come back to Egypt, after they left it. The first is in Exodus 14:13- ” וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל-הָעָם, אַל-תִּירָאוּ–הִתְיַצְּבוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת-יְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר-יַעֲשֶׂה לָכֶם הַיּוֹם: כִּי, אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם אֶת-מִצְרַיִם הַיּוֹם–לֹא תֹסִפוּ לִרְאֹתָם עוֹד, עַד-עוֹלָם” ” But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear [...]

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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 [...]

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What was the purpose of the Second Temple?

The book of Haggai has only two chapters that we have to read and only the book of Obadiah is shorter than him. However, the number of verses won’t decide what is more important and what is less. Every word that is written in the Holy Language is pure gold for us, his readers. Therefore, [...]

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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 [...]