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The ravens with Elijah – this is a miracle!

Elijah the prophet is one of the well known figures in the bible particularly and in the Jewish world in general. The one that came from nowhere, as sang the Beatles, and went up to somewhere over the rainbow, caused us to wait for him until today, every Passover! After making a declaration about the [...]

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How did Elijah go to Heaven?

” וַיְהִי, בְּהַעֲלוֹת יְהוָה אֶת-אֵלִיָּהוּ, בַּסְעָרָה, הַשָּׁמָיִם; וַיֵּלֶךְ אֵלִיָּהוּ וֶאֱלִישָׁע, מִן-הַגִּלְגָּל.” “And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.” Kings 2 2:1 The story of Elijah’s (In Hebrew: Eliyahu) entrance into Heaven is probably one of the most mysterious [...]

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A story of devotion- Elisha say goodbye to his master, Elijah

Whenever I want to exemplify to term devotion to my pupils I am telling them the story of Elisha, the prophet the became a prophet due to the over zealousness of Elijah, the prophet that left his mother , his father and his work as a farmer and went to replace someone which is irreplaceable [...]

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Demons in Jewish Mythology- Ba’al-zebub

Ba’al-zebub also known as Beelzebub, Baalzebub, Bealzebub and Beelzebul was the name of a pagan god of the Philistine city of Ekron . Ba’al-zebub- What does it mean? “Lord of the Flies” is the English language translation of the Hebrew word Ba’al zevuv. The name Baal Zebub consists of two parts: The first word ba’al [...]

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