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Who almost was the second husband of Sarah?

One of the questions that my pupils asked melast week was: how was Sarah, our mother, taken to be the wife of king Pharaoh in Egypt? Why didn’t she say anything to Abraham? In Genesis 12, after Abraham came to the Promised Land, He needed to leave it, as a result of the famine. Abraham [...]

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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 [...]

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Hagar- the first who cried

The first women that came to the world had a problem to be impregnate and the first was off course Sara as written in Genesis 16:1- “וְשָׂרַי אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם, לֹא יָלְדָה לוֹ; וְלָהּ שִׁפְחָה מִצְרִית, וּשְׁמָהּ הָגָר” “Now Sarai Abram’s wife bore him no children; and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was [...]

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Jewish Mythology- Tehom

According to the Bible, Tehom means abyss or “the deep”. Tehom refers to the great deep of the primordial waters of creation. In the ancient world, the water of the Tehom is perceived as a threat that can destroy the world but also as an essential source. There are a few interpretations to Tehom in [...]

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