Truth in Mikra

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  • Chapter 6 Mishnaic Hebrew

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    57. So what is Mishnaic Hebrew also known as the L’shon chazal לשון חז״ל (language of the sages) ? It was the style of post Biblical Hebrew that became in common use in Rabbinical writings from after the Dead Sea scroll era to about 500 to maybe 550 ce. It gets its name from the…

  • Chapter 5 Late Biblical Hebrew

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    48. What is late Biblical Hebrew ? In general it is the post exilic style found in the mid 500’s bce and forward. This is third evolution in Hebrew itself as I show down below. Pre Biblical Hebrew- from the Patriarchs to about the Judges era 1800 bce to just later than about 1100 bce…

  • Chapter 4 Early Biblical Hebrew part 2

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    37. let us look at Shir Hashirim or Song of Songs שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים (also Songs of Solomon).This in the peshat,the simple interpretation of the Bible this book is an erotic love poem between two lovers.The remez or the hint a deeper level of interpretation views this book as an allegory for God’s love of Israel.This…

  • Chapter 3 Early or Classical Biblical Hebrew

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    26. What are Psalms? They were originally intended as songs of praise ,in Hebrew they are called T’hilim תהילים meaning “praises”. These praises were often meant to be sung with instruments as songs of praise and these are often called a מִזְמוֹר mizmor (meaning song). The T’hilim or Psalms are divided into 5 books with…

  • A brief and simple history of Hebrew linguistics

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    Chapter 1 What is Hebrew and where did it come from 1. First I want to start with a vowel pronunciation code ,now it is true that Hebrew vowels are written in what are called nikud which are dots under the letters and we will thoroughly go over those.However due to the fact that computer…

  • Section 7 The Lesson לקח

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    Four entered the orchard: Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher (i.e., Elisha ben Avuya), and Rabbi Akiva. One looked and died. One looked and was harmed. One looked and cut down the trees. And one went up in peace and went down in peace. Ben Azzai looked and died. Scripture says about him (Ps. 116:15): “Precious…

  • Section 6 D’varim (Deuteronomy) דברים

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    Vaetchanan chapter 1 verse 1 Vaetchanan: Verse 1וָאֶתְחַנַּן אֶל יְיָ’ בָּעֵת הַהִיא לֵאמֺר. אֲדֺנָ”י יֱדֺוִ”ד אַתָּה הַחִלּוֹתָ לְהַרְאוֹת אֶת עַבְדְּךָ וְגוֹ.’ ר’ יוֹסֵי פָּתַח, וַיַּסֵּב חִזְקִיָּהוּ פָּנָיו אֶל הַקִּיר וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל אֶל יְיָ.’ ת”ח, כַּמָּה הוּא חֵילָא תַּקִּיפָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, וְכַמָּה הוּא עִלָּאָה עַל כֺּלָּא. דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִשְׁתְּדַּל בְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָּאֵי וְתַתָּאֵי. וְלָא דָּחִיל מֵעִרְעוּרִין בִּישִׁין…

  • Section 5 B’midbar (Numbers) במדבר

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    So we find ourselves in B’midbar chapter 4 verse 39 Bemidbar: Verse 39פָּתַח וְאָמַר, יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא וְגוֹ.’ יְיָ’ אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי, כֵּיוָן דְּבַר נָשׁ אִסְתָּכַּל בִּנְהוֹרָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אַנְהִיר עָלֵיהּ, לָא דָּחִיל מֵעִלָאִין וְתַתָּאִין. כד”א, וְעָלַיִךְ יִזְרַח יְיָ’ וּכְבוֹדוֹ עָלַיִךְ יֵרָאֶה. יְיָ’ מָעוֹז חַיֵּי, כֵּיוָן דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא אָחִיד בֵּיהּ בְּבַר…

  • Section 1 Prologue and B’reishit (Genesis) בראשית

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    . 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 דִּין…

  • כשושנה בין החוחים Introduction

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    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, but I view it as a group of Rabbi’s…