The Chumash (Five Books of Moses)
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Convert, Orphan & Widow
In the Torah the convert is often lumped with the Levite, orphan, and widow as someone who is in need of receiving tithes and the harvest that is ‘forgotten’. As well the mitzvah not to cheat a poor or destitute…
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Abraham’s Tithe to Malkitzedek
The bible tells us that Abraham tithed 10% of all that he had to Malkitzedek after he got his stuff back (Genesis 14:17-20) Was this the ONLY time that Abraham tithed? Did he tithe after that or before? And did…
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The Transition to Monotheism
Was Monotheism a gradual or an immediate transition for our Forefathers Abraham, Issac and Jakob? There are instances of idolatry throughout our history, but with our Fathers did they gradually come to worship only one G-d.? The story is told…
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The Real Blessing
Avraham Avinu (Our Father Abraham) didn’t have children for most of his life. He lived in a generation that valued having children. Having children was a blessing, and his contemporaries regarded it as such. How was he able to relay…
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Miscellaneous, Rosh HaShanah, The Calendar and Holidays (incl. Sabbath), The Chumash (Five Books of Moses)
Holiday for the Binding of Isaac
There is a Muslim holiday, called “The Feast of Sacrifice”. To my understanding it’s a celebration of Abraham’s devotion to G_d, about him being so devoted he’d sacrifice his own son. My question is, why don’t Jewish people celebrate this…
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Isaac – “Your only son”
Why is it repeated that Isaac is “thine only son” – Genesis 22:2 – 22:12 – 22:16- when obviously he was not his ONLY son? What about Ishmael? Isaac is called the only son because he was the only one…
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Adam’s rib … or side
In Genesis ch.2 verses 21-23, in the original Hebrew, what did G-d say he took to make woman? Was it rib or just from his side? Great question. The Hebrew word used by the Torah is “tzelah”. Depending on the…
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The “Red” Sea
Did the Israelites cross the Red Sea or the Reed Sea in their exodus from Egypt? The Reed Sea – “Yam Suf” in Hebrew. Rabbi Seinfeld http://rabbiseinfeld.blogspot.com
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Objective Beauty
Can I find in the Torah, the support for the philosophical view of the objective existence of the idea of beauty? I’m sure, we have the support for the objective existance of good: “… and God saw that it was…