Jewish Texts
-
Toras Kohanim
Rashi continually refers to “Toras Kohanim” as a source. This obviously is not Leviticus itself, nor is it Sifra. Where would I find this Toras kohanim? Actually, your Sifra and Toras Kohanim are one in the same; Toras Kohanim (meaning…
-
Manna
How did the Manna feed 600,000 people? Answer: Your question was short and to the point, so I’ll make my answer short as well. The manna fed about 3,000,000 people. 600,000 Men between 20 & 60. The rest were women…
-
Midrash
What is “The Midrash?” What is “Midrash Shocher Tov?” Midrash is a collection of homilies and parables that help to understand the Bible. There are a number of such collections known by different names.
-
10 commandments, 10 utterences
What is the connection between the 10 commandments and the 10 utterences ? I suppose your question is if there is a connection between the ten commandments and the ten utterances that G-d used to create the world. Perhaps one…
-
Talmud
What is the Talmud? The Talmud is the Oral Law, a commentary on the Written Law. Jews believe that G’d gave both to Moses in the Wilderness. The Talmud consists of the Mishna and the Gemara and it records the…
-
Levirate Marriage Today
If Levirate marriage conflicts with the law of the land, eg laws of prohibited affinities for marriage, do (Orthodox) rabbis still solemnise Levirate marriages? If not, when did they stop doing so, and under whose decision? To my knowledge, Levirate…
-
Zechariah 12, has it happened yet?
And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look upon me whom they have pierced. Yes ,they will mourn for him as one mourns…
-
David, BatSheva, and “a clean heart”
Could you please explain psalms 51:10? Tehilla (Psalm) 51 is the lament of Dovid Hamelech (King David) over what transpired with Bathsheva and Uriah. The sins that Dovid is accused of never happened. There was no adultery and there was…
-
Deuterocanonicals
Deuterocanonicals is in the Catholic bible. It is not in other Christian bibles. Do Jews use Deuterocanonicals as texts? No, we do not consider these religiously authoratative.