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What we need to do in the Promised Land?
When Abram was commanded by G-d to the Promised Land, we all wondered what there’s to see in this land of Cannan in those days and Israel nowadays? Well, dear friends, the journey to Israel in those days wasn’t a peace of cake. Abram needed to leave his family in order to come alone to [...]
What happened before G-d tested Abraham?
When you speak about the word “thing” in Hebrew it could be in an abstract meaning or as a conversation between two people or more. Usually when people read the beginning of Isaac’s ordeal, they assume that the beginning of chapter 22 continues the end of Genesis 21; there we are reading about another sacrifice- [...]
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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The initiative of Abram’s father
In one of the last Webinars we talked about Abraham, who needed to leave his father, his family and his house in order to go to the land that The Lord showed him. This commandment that is found in Genesis 12:1 can create among the readers two problems: Firstly, they may assume that the land [...]