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1 day ago · Many, then, might ask where the name Yahweh originated. In the original Hebrew, the name of God is given as four letters, YHWH, known as the Tetragrammaton; these letters are the root of both Jehovah and Yahweh. In “ Parsing the Divine Name ” in the Fall 2024 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, biblical scholar Ronald Hendel explains how ...
2 days ago · The forthcoming festival of Sukkot embodies the essence and ethos of being Jewish. In every aspect of our lives, Judaism asks of us no less than to become agents of G-d’s will in the physical ...
5 days ago · Yom Kippur’s fundamental meaning and goal was to push the children of Israel to reconciliation with God through repentance and the atonement of their sins. In Leviticus 16, among other things, God established the scapegoat ritual, where one goat was sacrificed while the other symbolically bore the sins of the children of Israel and was sent into the wilderness.
1 day ago · The Haftarah portion from Ezekiel 38 is a vivid reminder of the final battles to come, when nations will rise against Israel. The prophecy reads: “It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,” declares the Lord God, “that My fury will mount up in My anger. In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on ...
2 days ago · The term never appears in the Hebrew Bible; later rabbis used the word when speaking of God dwelling either in the Tabernacle or amongst the people of Israel. The root of the word means "dwelling". Of the principal names of God, it is the only one that is of the feminine gender in Hebrew grammar.
4 days ago · Let's look at the etymology of the word Chumash (חמש). The Vilna Gaon says that in order to understand the depth of a Hebrew word, we must look at the first two letters of its root. The first two letters of the word Chumash are Chet (ח) and Mem (מ). The two letters together form the word Cham (חם), which means heat, or passion.
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4 days ago · The words "in Israel" hint that all of Moshe's accomplishment as a prophet was through the people of Israel. Go out and learn this from the fact that during all the years when the Jewish people were in God's disfavor, God did not communicate with Moshe. (Or Ha-Chaim, Devarim 34:10)
