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The choice of Abraham- Genesis 12:1
One of the most important sayings in Judaism appears in Genesis 12:1, when The Lord commanded Abraham to go to the land of Canaan, this is the land that he will show him the way to, the promise land. “וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-אַבְרָם, לֶךְ-לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ” “The LORD had said to [...]
Who spoke with Abraham after his circumcision- Genesis 18?
In Genesis 17, The Lord established a covenant with our first father, Abraham. The sign of this covenant, unlike the sign after the flood was physical, hidden and internal-the circumcision as written in Genesis 17:9-11- “וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל-אַבְרָהָם, וְאַתָּה אֶת-בְּרִיתִי תִשְׁמֹר–אַתָּה וְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ, לְדֹרֹתָם. זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁמְרוּ, בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם, וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ, אַחֲרֶיךָ: הִמּוֹל לָכֶם, [...]
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Abraham and Ruth
Two stories of new beginnings we can read in the Old Testament, two stories that are fundamental to our culture. Both are stories of fresh start, when the character left her house, her nation, her family, in order to start a new life in a new place. The beautiful words of the Hebrew Language can [...]