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• Whom and Where Did the Plagues Strike/2
  ...e Life of Moses I XXVI:143-146</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus2-14" data-aht="source">Joseph ...h between an Egyptian and an Israelite standing next to each other.<fn>See Philo who adds that there was even a double miracle in the Plague of Blood, in wh
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• "לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ"/2
  ...source">On the Virtues 142-144</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumNeofitiShemot23-19" data-aht="so ...eans the milk of the goat's mother, according to most of these sources,<fn>Philo is exceptional, as he understands that one is allowed to boil meat in anoth
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• Moshe's Killing of the Egyptian/2/en
  ...to death, and thus Moshe's action was not murder but rather saving a life. Philo and Rabbinic Midrashim similarly vilify the Egyptian's character by attribu ...e">On the Life of Moses 1:VIII</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink> below who describes it as a pious action. For additional so
  34 KB (5,090 words) - 03:35, 24 December 2019
• Patterns in the Plagues/2
  ...Life of Moses I, XVII (96-97)</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>. The structure would be simpler if שְׁחִין, too, wer ...Life of Moses I, XVII (96-97)</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, but he does not divide them by triad.</fn></point>
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• Barren Women/0
  ...and Answers on Genesis III 18</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit25-20" data-aht="sourc
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• Purpose of the Laws of Kashrut/2
  ...4</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink> #2,<fn>Philo combines this approach with the position that the animals were restricted i ...the Mishna</a></multilink>.</fn> which are forbidden are predatory.<fn>See Philo who points out that Hashem permitted herbivorous animals since their nature
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• Where in Egypt Did the Israelites Live/2
  ...e Life of Moses I XXVI:143-146</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="IbnEzraShemotShortCommentary1-7" data- <li><b>Ethnic distinction</b> – Philo asserts that, in reality, the plagues differentiated based on ethnicity rat
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• Did Moshe Need Yitro's Advice/2/en
  ...e.' However, it is difficult to find any textual basis for his tirade, and Philo himself praises Yitro's proposal in <a href="PhiloLawsIV-XXXIII-173" data-a
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• Yitro – Religious Identity/2
  ...treatments of Yitro's character, however, differ greatly from each other. Philo's portrayal of Yitro is negative to the extreme.<fn>See Prof. Louis Feldman
  34 KB (5,370 words) - 11:40, 4 July 2019
• Purpose of the Plagues/2
  ...>On the Life of Moses XXIV:134</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="SifreDevarim306" data-aht="source">Sif <li><b>Hashem as creator</b> – Philo, Tzeror HaMor and R. Eliezer Ashkenazi assert that the destruction wrought
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• Why Bless Esav/2
  ...and Answers on Genesis, IV:198</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit27-4-5" data-aht="source"
  27 KB (4,370 words) - 13:04, 28 January 2023
• Yosef's Economic Policies/2
  ...ata-aht="source">On Joseph, 43</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliChulin60b" data-aht="source">Talm <li><b>Honesty</b>&#160;– Many commentators<fn>See Philo, R. Avraham b. HaRambam, Radak, Ramban, Ibn Kaspi, Ralbag, and Netziv.</fn>
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• Yitzchak's Role in the Akeidah/2
  ...="source">32:2-4</a><a href="Pseudo-Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Pseudo-Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TargumYerushalmiNeofitiBereshit22-8" d
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• בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/en
  ...ce">On the Giants 4:2,4-5, 7-8</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="Josephus1-3" data-aht="source">Josephu ...שָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה"</b> – Of these sources, only Philo, Josephus and Cassuto address the verse, with each understanding the role o
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• Yiftach's Vow/2
  ...tiquities, 39-40</a><a href="Pseudo-Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Pseudo-Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="BavliTaanit4a" data-aht="source">Bavli ...ns have been drawn between the two stories already from the time of Pseudo-Philo, who has Yiftach's daughter compare herself to Yitzchak who went willingly
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• Reparations and Despoiling Egypt/2/en
  ...ries of slavery or compensation for expropriated property. Others, such as Philo and R. Yosef Bekhor Shor, focus instead on the more immediate bellicose beh ...co-Roman era which accused the Jews of stealing Egyptian valuables.<fn>See Philo below who appears to be countering similar claims, and see below for the Ra
  63 KB (9,437 words) - 12:14, 28 January 2023
• Purpose of the Pesach/2
  ...ions and Answers on Exodus #12</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="RDZHoffmannShemot12-12" data-aht="s ...yet been chosen in Egypt, the entire nation functioned as priests,<fn>Cf. Philo and R. D"Z Hoffmann below. Interestingly, the phrase of "עַל רֹאשׁ�
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• Purpose of Shemittah/2
  ...ource">The Special Laws IV 215</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RambamMorehNevukhim3-39" data-aht="sou
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• Avraham's Guests – Angels or Men/2
  ..."source">On Abraham XXII-XXIII</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, Kirkisani the Karaite, <multilink><a href="RashbamBereshit <li><b>"אֲדֹנָי אִם נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ"</b> – According to Philo, Shadal, and R. D"Z Hoffmann, the term "אֲדֹנָי" refers to the angel
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• Arei Miklat – Cities of Refuge or Exile/2
  ...ce">The Special Laws 3:120-133</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBemidbar35-25" data-aht="source"
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