Truth in Mikra

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  • Chapter 3 Sh’mot שמות

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    דף שלושים וארבע Shemot: Verse 6רִבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן פָּתַח, הָיֹה הָיָה דְּבַר ה,’ הָיֹה הָיָה תְּרֵי זִמְנֵי אֲמַאי. וְתוּ אִית לְשָׁאֲלָה, אִי יְחֶזְקֵאל נְבִיאָה מְהֵימָנָא הֲוָה, אֲמַאי גַּלֵּי כָּל מַה דְּחָמָא, מַאן דְּמַלְכָּא אָעִיל לֵיהּ בְּהֵיכָלֵיהּ אִית לֵיהּ לְגַלָאָה רָזִין דְּחָמֵי. אֶלָּא וַדַּאי יְחֶזְקֵאל נְבִיאָה מְהֵימָנָא הֲוָה, וְכָל מַה דְּחָמָא בִּמְהֵימָנוּתָא אִיהוּ, וּבִרְשׁוּתָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא גַּלֵּי…

  • Chapter 2 B’reishit בראשית part II

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    תשע עשר Here we will take a look a the Sh’khinah שכינה which means indwelling from the word shakhan meaning to dwell and means “divine presence” or can mean “Holy Spirit” in Christian terms.This is from Parahash Noach chapter 7 verse 40. Noach: Verse 40וְכַד בְּנֵי נָשָׁא מְחַבְּלָן אָרְחַיְיהוּ, וְלָא נָטְרֵי פְּקוּדֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא, וְחָטָאן קַמֵּי…

  • Chapter 1 Prologue and B’reishit בראשית

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    דף אחד The Prologue to the Zohar starts by quoting Songs of Songs 2:2  “As a rose among thorns” כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים Prologue: Verse 1רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה פָּתַח, כְּתִיב כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים. מָאן שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל. בְּגִין דְּאִית שׁוֹשַׁנָּה וְאִית שׁוֹשַׁנָּה, מַה שׁוֹשַׁנָּה דְּאִיהִי בֵּין הַחוֹחִים אִית בַּהּ סוּמָק וְחִוָּור, אוּף כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אִית בַּהּ…

  • כשושנה בין החוחים Introduction

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    Keshoshanah bein hachochim “As a Rose among the thorns” This book is a commentary on a book called the Zohar and so the format will be that I will quote a text and give analysis on the text.I do not personally view the Zohar as divinely inspired or to be taken literally like the Bible,…

  • Dear readers

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    I am working on a book continuing the work I have been doing on Jesus and how he and his identity relates to Jewish mystical literature and I will be releasing chapters over a period of time as it evolves.I’m still not sure on how to publish because I have never written a book but…

  • What does Proverbs 1:27 really mean?

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    Let’s talk about Proverbs/Mishlei chapter 1 verse 27. Here it is in the original masoretic text . כז בְּבֹ֤א כְשֹׁאָ֨וה כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֖אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֜לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה:(27) Here I will give my best translation and then I will publish some English translations. And your terror comes like a storm and your misfortune like a…

  • Contradictions

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    Oct 10, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian What about contradictions and ambiguity in meaning and intertextual contradictions.I was watching something about the Dead Sea scrolls and Psalm 22 today and the debate on what Psalm 22:17 in the Hebrew text or 16 in most English translations say.Does it describe a lion attack or does…

  • On Daniel 2, The four Kingdoms

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    Sep 15, 2023 — by The Hoosac historian Most secular historians don’t really deny 1,2,3 are Babylon,Persia,Alexandian Greece/Seleucid Greece but more argue Daniel was composed in about 165 BCE after they fell.Of coarse I am of the belief that Daniel was a contemporary of Nebuchanezzar /Nevukhadnetzar(Heb.).In Babylonian Cuneiform he was known as Nebu-Kuduri-Usur II ,(605-562…

  • On Psalm 22:13

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    So this blog post will be on Psalm 22:13 (verse 12 in KJV & ESV) and you may ask what does it concern history.It concerns Golan Heights and the Six Day War or in general Golan Heights and it’s significance in history and it’s Biblical prediction. סְבָבוּנִי פָּרִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים אַבִּירֵ֖י בָשָׁ֣ן כִּתְּרֽוּנִי: Here is the…

  • The Talmud and Jesus and what does it really say?

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    So what does the Talmud really say on Jesus and what does what it says actually mean? Some say the Talmud hates Jesus Christ and others say that Jesus or Yeshua were common names at that time and Jesus of Nazereth of New Testament fame is not even in the Talmud at all.I today shall…