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- <h2 style="text-transform:none; text-align:center; font-size:1.3em; margin:1em 0">Sefer Bereshit</h2> <a href="The Tree of Knowledge/1/en" data-aht="page">19 KB (2,490 words) - 23:55, 12 July 2021
- ...n the parallels, and summaries of and links to articles which analyze them in depth.</div> <p>There are several stories in Sefer Bereshit in which a wife passes herself off as a sister.</p>10 KB (1,624 words) - 14:33, 17 March 2024
- <h1>Endangering Sarai in Egypt</h1> ...nger that his wife's beauty would bring to them in Egypt.  R. Nissim, in contrast, portrays a very aware and calculating Avram, who had devised a ru41 KB (6,316 words) - 11:33, 28 January 2023
- ...ife's bareness, family strife, and political struggles, he maintains faith in Hashem's promises and perseveres. He is a man of both "חסד" and "אמת" ...pse at their differing understandings of some of the most pivotal episodes in Avraham's life and their varying portraits of his character and legacy.</p>42 KB (6,144 words) - 00:12, 6 July 2023
- <li><b> Chapters 1-11</b> speak of universal history: the creation, destruction and recreation <li><b> The Adam Narrative </b>(Bereshit 1:1-5:32)<b><br/></b></li>42 KB (6,488 words) - 11:52, 28 January 2023
- ...n was performed for real; otherwise it is possible that it took place only in a prophetic dream.</div> <p>The various bizarre actions demanded of prophets took place only in prophetic visions.  They were meant to serve as analogies, and not int28 KB (4,379 words) - 14:03, 24 July 2019
- ...r Mordechai and Esther, a blanket prohibition of intermarriage was not yet in existence.</p></div> ...for honor that distorted Mordechai's priorities.  See the discussions in <a href="Esther's Religious Identity" data-aht="page">Esther's Religious Id35 KB (5,193 words) - 22:39, 22 March 2016
- ...so, exegetes use the Egyptian exile and the character of the Israelites in Egypt as a prism through which they view similar issues that arose regarding thei ...exile, bondage, or redemption. Thus, the central question becomes tangled in knotty theological issues such as collective punishment, children suffering76 KB (11,772 words) - 11:28, 28 January 2023
- ...as the rightful heir to take over from his father.  Finally, opinions in Bavli Shabbat exonerate Reuven, suggesting that he acted out of concern for ...urce">Bereshit Rabbah</a><a href="BereshitRabbah87-5" data-aht="source">87:5</a><a href="BereshitRabbah98-4" data-aht="source">98:4</a><a href="Bereshit31 KB (4,596 words) - 12:13, 28 January 2023
- ...empting to understand the Sin of the Golden Calf, exegetes find themselves in a quandary.  On one hand, the sin must have been egregious enough to m ...Hashem and to whom they could direct their worship.  They erred only in not recognizing that all graven images are prohibited, even of Hashem Himse48 KB (7,534 words) - 23:04, 28 February 2024
- <p>In confronting the various issues raised by the <i>Akeidah</i>, many commentat ...i> itself that Hashem taught the monotheistic world that the practice was, in fact, immoral and repugnant.</p>57 KB (8,467 words) - 12:03, 28 January 2023
- ...iod and was similarly accused of blasphemy. See the sources and discussion in R. Chazan, Barcelona and Beyond (Berkeley, 1992): 199-203, 240-242.</fn></l ...ted (as Ramban writes to his son that he was preparing a grave for himself in Chevron).</fn></li>94 KB (13,267 words) - 02:52, 29 May 2023
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