Category Archives: Biblical Names

How to avoid a battle?

Abraham our father was a man of peace, a man who believed that before you fight about territory or property, you should try to prevent it. In Genesis 13, after returning from Egypt with a big flock, gold and other things, Abraham needed to decide what to do with Lot, who had also a lot [...]

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What will G-d throw to the sea?

The end of Micah is one of my favorite endings in a book that appears in the Old Testament. When I read it the first time, I understood that the water has more functions in the Bible than we know. Usually when we think about water, we can imagine the summer, the ocean, the sun. [...]

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Who almost was the second husband of Sarah?

One of the questions that my pupils asked melast week was: how was Sarah, our mother, taken to be the wife of king Pharaoh in Egypt? Why didn’t she say anything to Abraham? In Genesis 12, after Abraham came to the Promised Land, He needed to leave it, as a result of the famine. Abraham [...]

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What are the names of Jerusalem?

In Judaism the number 70 is one of the most important numbers. There are 70 nations of the world that should come to Jerusalem at the end of the days. Also you can find that the city itself has 70 different names in the Jewish tradition.

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