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Aug 11, 2013 · In Hebrew Bible, big wild cats express divine power. Lions appear in Ezekiel’s vision of the heavenly beings attending God’s Presence. The Lion is the symbol of the tribe of Judah, lineage of King David.
- Laura Duhan Kaplan
This question suggests that the image-text debate in The Rabbi’s Cat, whether God is either picture or word, might be understood as a specifically Jewish intervention. At issue here is less the direct representation or depiction of Jews and more the idea of Jewishness as an interpretive mode.
Jews who pray three times a day recite dozens of blessings. The Talmud (Menachot 43b) states that each person is obligated to recite 100 blessings each day, suggesting that the way to live connected to the Divine is through living a life immersed in blessings, in gratitude.
- Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein
Aug 9, 2016 · In these ancient writings, which include a combination of Psalms and Kabbalah text, we are told that everything in Creation is singing a song to God. In fact it is the cat who sings, “I pursued my foes and overtook them, and did not return until they were destroyed” (Psalm 18:38.) – what Gershom says is a “a pretty good description of a ...
Aug 25, 2024 · The great Talmudic sage Reish Lakish taught, “This is the meaning of the name of God Sha-dai, from the Hebrew word dai, or enough. For God had told the world enough.”. This is another reference to cloth being used as an allusion to the creation of the world.
Oct 31, 2017 · Maimonides7 and Rabbi Judah ha-Hasid8 (1150–1217) state that this is based on the biblical statement of the angel of God to Balaam, “Wherefore have you smitten your ass?” (Numbers 22:32).
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13 Basic Hebrew Words to Know and Use All the Time. By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. 1. Shalom (shah-LOME) שלום. Perhaps the best-known Hebrew word today is shalom, which means “peace” or “wellbeing.” It also can be used for both “hello” and “goodbye.” Explore shalom. 2. Todah (toe-DAH) תודה.
