Jewish Texts
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The “cut off” soul
Leviticus 7:27 “Any person who eats any blood, that soul shall be cut off from its people.” Does “cut off” imply that a Jewish soul can be murdered? It means that it is spiritually cut off from it’s root in…
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Bible Codes
Is it possible that there are hidden messages inside the Torah texts ? Ive read a book – “the bible codes” in which there are many instances where there are sentences quoted in vertical or horizontal matrixes which are extracted…
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G-d in Physical Terms – Leviticus 26:12
Please could you explain to me Leviticus 26:12, “And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be My people.” I thought that anyone who sees G_d will not live; yet he walks among us?…
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Fallen Angels
The Torah mentions the Nephilim as giants in both sections Genesis 6-4 and book of Numbers. Who and what are they? I have had conflicting answers that they were fallen angels to just a story thrown in as filler? Can…
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Gifts for Job
In Job. in chapter 42:11 Job got two gifts, a silver coin and an gold ring. Is a special meaning for these gifts. Although the text does not indicate why Job’s friends decided to give him these coins, a tradition…
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Changing Haftorah Portions
Do Haftorah portions change every year for any given parsha? I sometimes find they vary from one year to the next. Generally speaking the Haftarah for every parsha remains the same every year. The exceptions are when Shabbat falls out…
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Joseph and King David
In Genesis 37 12-20, if Joseph was so important to Jacob, why did he allow him to travel so far alone when he knew there were problems with his brothers? And who was the stranger he meet in the fields,…
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Jewish Thinkers
As a research project I’d like to compare and contrast two Jewish thinkers and their views on one Biblical text. So what two thinkers would be good to focus on and what text would the two argue about? Sounds like…
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The Torah and the “Old Testament”
How does the Torah differ from the Old Testament? The Torah is part of the so called “Old Testament.” The name “Old Testament” is a Christian theological statement of their view of the Jewish Bible in relation to the Christian…