Tag Archives: Abraham
Beth-El- the house of God
When Abraham our father entered to the promise land, his second stop was in the city of Bet El as written in Genesis 12:8- “וַיַּעְתֵּק מִשָּׁם הָהָרָה, מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵית-אֵל–וַיֵּט אָהֳלֹה; בֵּית-אֵל מִיָּם, וְהָעַי מִקֶּדֶם, וַיִּבֶן-שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה, וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה” “And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-El, and pitched [...]
How did Abraham discover The Lord?
In genesis 12:1 The Lord is telling to Abraham to go to the land of Canaan. The bible is not sharing with us the information how Abraham knew that there was one God in the universe. We need to remember that monotheism was not a famous idea in those days…. The famous story about Abraham [...]
Idioms from the book of genesis- biblical and modern meaning
The book of genesis is not just the beginning of the world or the creation of it but also a book that gave to us the first idioms that are eternal. Today we will focus on some of them. Let us start with the commandment to Abraham in genesis 12:1. The days are the days [...]
The Three Roads to a Jewish Identity
The Jewish traditional law layouts three criteria for membership into the Jewish fold: birth, marriage to a male Jew, and conversion. However, these three doors into the Jewish community have not been operative simultaneously through history. Intermarriage The biblical period shows how marriage to a male Jew was the key for an outsider to enter [...]
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