The Chumash (Five Books of Moses)
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Repetition in the Torah
When the Old Testament repeats a idea or command from God through his prophets is there any significance to this? I thought I heard once that when scripture repeats itself it is highly regarded as significant. There is not one…
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Dashing the Blood on the Altar
Leviticus Chapter 3:2 “And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall dash the blood against the altar around it.”…
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“Men began to call” … or “profane”
I really want to know about the translation of the verse Genesis 4:26 (quoted below) . The word in question is at the end of this verse. I have heard that it is either chalal or qara referring to, I…
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Breastplate of the High Priest
Could you please tell me how the Urim and Tumin (the High Priest’s breastplate) worked? The Urim and Thummim were 12 precious (or semi precious) stones which were attached to a breastplate worn by the Kohein Gadol (High Priest). Each…
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Plague of Darkness and Egyptian Possessions
During Egyptian plague of darkness did the Jews ransack Egyptian homes for gold/jewelry because G-d had said they would not leave Egypt poor, but rich? Isn’t this stealing? During the plague of darkness the Jews did not ransack the Egyptian…
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Let US make man II
Genesis 1:26 reads “And G-d said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..” I know that G-d is one, but I don’t understand why this verse says “us” if he is one. I don’t know if this…
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Pharaoh’s Jewish Slave Dilemma
 King Pharaoh needed his slaves. Why would he order to kill all baby boys? That will mean that within a generation or two he will have no slaves population left. I am familiar with the reason given that he feared…
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Black Personalities in the Torah
I am doing some research on Black Personalities in the Bible. Would you please give me some background according to your faith concerning (1) Zipporah, which was Moses wife? (2) The nationality of Hagar and why do people not recognize…
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Converts and Mt. Sinai
I have read that it is a belief of Judaism that the souls of all Jews were present when Moses received the law at Mt.Sinai. This obviously cannot be the same case for converts. I have also read that a…