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The importance of one stone- the Dead Sea scrolls- part 1

If one of your goats as a shepherd would have gone and lost – would you chase after her? According to the a famous story when Moses was a shepherd he lost one his goat and due to his responsibility and the searching after her, The lord sais to himself that if Moses was so [...]

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Golden Amulet with Hebrew Prayer

A 3rd Century CE Roman grave has revealed a startling find- a small golden scroll with the Hebrew prayer, known as the Shema, "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one" (Deuteronomy 6:4). The scroll is a Greek transcription of the prayer, and was found resting in an infant’s grave. This [...]

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The Second Temple Period

The Second Temple Period is one that extends from the return of the first of the exiles in 539 BCE following the declaration of Cyrus, or with the dedication of the Temple in 516 BCE, until the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE. Throughout this period, the Jewish people were ruled by several different empires and [...]