Tag: #Torah

  • Section 5 B’midbar (Numbers) במדבר

    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 4 Vayikra (Leviticus) ויקרא

    Now we are in the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) Vayikra: Verse 29ד”א בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי, דָּא גַּן עֵדֶן דִּלְעֵילָּא. אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה, דָּא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, דִּבְהַהוּא יוֹמָא אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּכֹלָּא, אִזְדַּוְּוגוּ זִוּוּגִין בְּהַהוּא גַּן עֵדֶן, בְּגִין דְּאִתְבָּרְכוּ כֻּלְּהוּ מִשַּׁקְיוּ דְּנַחֲלָא, וְאִתְקַשָּׁרוּ כָּל חַד בְּחַבְרֵיהּ, הֲדָא הוּא דִּכְתִּיב אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי…

  • Section 2 B’reishit בראשית part B

    Here we will take a look a the Sh’khinah שכינה which means indwelling from the word shakhan meaning to dwell and it 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 מָארֵיהוֹן,…

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

    . 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

    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…

  • Contradictions

    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

    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…

  • Full analysis of Daniel 9:27

    Why does this matter ? This important because it is the finality of what prophetic scholars call the 70th week of Daniel.And so then you ask what is the 70th week of Daniel ? Now I am not an expert on this but I will offer a quick overview and feel free to do your…

  • Who was Ashurbanipal and why does he matter?

    First of all who was he? Ashurbanipal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒆕𒀀, romanized: Aššur-bāni-apli, meaning “Ashur is the creator of the heir”)or Osnappar (Imperial Aramaic: אָסְנַפַּר, romanized: ’Āsnappar) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 669 BC to his death in 631. He is generally remembered as the last great king of Assyria. Ashurbanipal inherited the throne as the favored heir of his father Esarhaddon; his 38-year reign was among the longest…

  • Translations part II

    Now let us look at the Amplified Bible Same Corinithians 15 quote from the ESV I quoted 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold], 4 and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on…