Jewish Texts
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Rotation of the Sun and Earth
Someone told me that the Torah claims, I don’t know if explicity or implicitly, that the sun travels around the earth. I would appreciate if you can elaborate on what he meant and if there is real substance or reason…
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Who killed Cain?
When Cain kills Abel and hashem threatens to expel Cain from the Garden of Eden, Cain complains if you send me out there they will kill me. Where did these people come from? Hi! Thanks for the question. There are…
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Counting the Levites
In the Portion of Naso it starts by telling to count the sons of Gershon. My question is why was this told in this portion, when his brothers were counted in the previous portion. Why weren’t they all counted together…
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Learning Hebrew
How many different words would one have to learn in order to read the Torah? Not the number of total words in the Torah, not how many times a word is used, but the number of different Hebrew words a…
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Yeshurun
Would you please expound on the meaning, usage, etc.of the word Yeshurun. All I have been able to find is “an idealized Israel is called Yeshurun”. The word “Yeshurun” is used throughout the Tanach, the Jewish bible as a name…
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Melcesedek
According to Genesis 14 who is He? Melcesedek in Genesis 14 is in fact Shem, the second son of Noah. “Melcesedek” means “righteous king” – an honorific title bestowed on him for his virtuous leadership. Rabbi Seinfeld www.rabbiseinfeld.blogspot.com www.daasbooks.com
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Yosef & the Butler
Yosef asks to “be remembered” to the Pharaoh so that he can be pardoned and released from prison. Then there is a verse that says “the butler didn’t remember Yosef, and he forgot him” To begin with, why and how…
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Jewish Code
I can’t find any information on the Code of Conduct for the Jewish community. I see it written everywhere, but I don’t know how to get a copy of it, could you please help? What you are most likely referring…
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Teaching yourself to study Talmud
Although I spent many years studying Torah , I never really learned the correct way to study. While I am doing my best (on my own) I feel the greatest obstacle in achieving said knowledge is my lack of understanding…