Jewish Texts
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Name of Lot’s Wife
In the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, what is Lot’s wife’s name? I could not find it mentioned in the Torah portion. Answer: The name of Lot’s wife was Eidis (possibly related to the secular name Edith). Her name is…
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Why did Lot’s wife look back?
Why did Lot’s wife looked back at Sodom? Answer: Remember the 60’s television series, Green Acres? The “big city” wife, moved to rural America, always looked back. There were things that she liked that she was leaving behind. Regards, Eliahu…
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Why Enslave Abraham’s Children?
I’m struck by the quote,”Know well that your offspring shall be strangers in a land not theirs, and that they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years” (Genesis 15:13) especially after all the “amazing” promises G-d has made…
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Golden Calf Casualties
At Mt Sinai what happened to those who built the Golden Calf. I understand they were all destroyed when the earth opened up. Are their souls also now in the earth? Was that the punishment for not believing in G-d…
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Joseph’s Bones in the Nile
When the Jews left Egypt for the promised land how did Moses know that Joseph was buried in the Nile? What prayer did he say that brought up the coffin up after about 400 years? Answer: Serach, the righteous daughter…
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What Happened to Orpah?
What happened to Orpah after she departed from Naomi and Ruth? Answer: The Talmud (Sotah 42b) says that she suffered such a spiritual let-down after leaving her mother-in-law that she was intimate with many men and from there became pregnant…
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Gap Theory and Lucifer
Does the 974 generations of man before creation (or remaking of earth) add any validity to the gap theory of creation? The theory that Lucifer was cast out of heaven onto the earth and G-d then destroyed the earth due…
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Joshua’s Name “Change”
Why is Joshua first called Joshua in Exodus 17:9, but then later on in Numbers 13:16, that is when Moses changes Hoshea’s name to Joshua. What am I missing? Isn’t this out of order? Answer: Sharp question. Most of the…
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Talmudic Arguments About Historical Facts
In the Talmud when two opinions of the Rabbis disagree the Talmud says that essentially both are right –Â “Eilu V’Eilu Divrei Elokim Chaim.” How do we understand this in regard to historical facts (there are 100’s of them)? Do…