“…and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.’ And it was so” (Genesis 1:15). These lights shall also function to provide light to the earth. Rashi explains that the earth…
*Long post…. I am writing an update to my original post iBelieve: Thoughts of Jewish Topics after doing a lot of soul-searching and searching the Torah and Tanakh. Again, this is not meant to be a definitive statement on my…
“And God said: ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night…” (Genesis 1:14). Rashi explains that there is an allusion to the creation of these lights on the first day of…
And God said: ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters’ (Genesis 1:6). Rashi explains that “Let there be a firmament” means to let the firmament become strengthened.…
The simple answer is no. Jews and Muslims worship the same God but according to Torah and Jewish teachings Christians (Trinitarians) are idol worshipers. Judaism teaches: Hear, O Israel: the Eternal One our God, the Eternal One is one. (Shema…
“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) The Name of God used in this very first passage of the Torah does not use the personal Name of God (the tetragamatron – ה-ו-ה-י).1 Rashi explains that…
“‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth’ (1:1). The first and most important fact established in the Bible’s opening chapter, indeed in its opening sentence, is that God, and God alone, created the world. This assertion represents…
Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves tzitzit on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe of each corner. (Numbers 15:38)1 You shall make…
This week’s parsha is Shelach: Numbers 13:1-15:41 Shelach (13:1-15:41) – (Send): Haftorah: Joshua 2:1-24 (Ashkenazi); Joshua 2:1-24 (Sephardi) 13:1-15: The command to send spies to Eretz Yisrael 14:26-39: God spells out the decree 13:16-26: Moses prays for Joshua 14:40-45: A…
This week’s parsha is Ki Tisa: Exodus 30:11-34:35 D’var Torah: Shabbat: Positives and Negatives Torah Pearls: Parsha Ki Tisa This week’s Haftarah is: I Kings 31:18-33:11
