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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 36/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 36</h1> ...(Bereshit 36:6-8) parallels the separations of other sets of relatives in Tanakh.</p>
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• Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/1
  ...dbar 11:1), sits (Yeshayhu 6:1), stands (Shemot 17:6), remembers (Bereshit 8:1), and sleeps (Tehillim 78:65).</fn>^<br/></p> <p>Perhaps the most explicit verse is Bereshit 1:26-27:</p>
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• Words with Multiple Meanings/0
  ...#160;– See, for instance, the word's usage in Shemot 4:16, 7:1, 21:6, 22:7-8, and 22:27, Shemuel I 2:25, Tehillim 82:1</li> ...a> (שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה), Y.&#160;&#160; See also the phrase&#160; "לאל ידם" in Bereshit 31:29 and Mikhah 2:1 which means the power of their hands.</li>
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• Puzzles – Shemot 18/0
  <li>How does Tanakh refer to the respective fathers-in-law of the husband and wife? <li>What son-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships are described in Tanakh?
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• Parashah Puzzles – Yitro/0
  <li>How does Tanakh refer to the respective fathers-in-law of the husband and wife? <li>What son-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships are described in Tanakh?
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 30/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 30</h1> <li>In verse 8, when naming Naftali, Rachel says, "mighty struggles i have struggled with
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• Dictionary:Hendiadys/0
  ...ns of two" ; hence the Hebrew term "שניים שהם אחד" (two which are one). In Tanakh there are several phrases which have been understood by some to be a hendia <category>Proposed Hendiadys in Tanakh
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• Graphical Concordance Demo/0
  ...trl-Click on מצרים (on phones, simply tap) to display all of the verses in Tanakh in which the entry appears in the Freestanding Concordance (click on <a hre ...'s click the תרשים or Graph tab to easily see the diffusion of the word in Tanakh (click on <a href="Concordance/Mitzrayim/MitzrayimGraph.jpg" data-aht="file
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 44/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 44</h1> ...lf of Binyamin,<fn>See Daa't Mikra on Bereshit 44:18 who notes this.</fn> (Bereshit 44:18) and only in one other story.<fn>See Bemidbar 32:16, where Reuven and
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• Dictionary:חָתָן/0
  ...-law, and not her husband) – see <a href="Bereshit38-11" data-aht="source">Bereshit 38:11,16,24,</a> <a href="Vayikra18-15" data-aht="source">Vayikra 18:15</a> ...us is on the relationship between son-in-law and father-in-law because, in Tanakh, the contracting of a marital relationship is with the father of the bride
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• Commentators:R. David Zvi Hoffmann/0
  <content>Commentaries on Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Devarim, ספר מלמד להועיל, ראיות מכר� ...nvited R. D"Z Hoffmann to join the faculty and teach Talmud, Halakhah, and Tanakh.</li>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 42/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 42</h1> <p><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Bereshit/42/1/42/38">Tanakh Lab </a>demonstrates that the word “אח” is the word that appears with
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• Joseph in Music/0
  ...h section focuses on a number of individual points which serve as foils to Bereshit and can provoke discussion and thought.</p> ...ife." Is there any basis for this idea in the Biblical text? According to Bereshit, "וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָהַב אֶת יוֹסֵף מִכָּל בָ
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 6–9/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 6–9</h1> <p>One of the most prominent literary conventions in Tanakh is the use of chiastic structure (a-b-c-b-a). Chiastic structure serves to
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 18/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 18</h1> <p>There are several instances in Tanakh in which Hashem promises a child to a childless parent (as He promises Avra
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 33/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 33</h1> ...y, despite his fears, Esav does in fact refer to Yaakov as "my brother" in Bereshit 33:9.&#160; See Rashbam that throughout the story Esav had no evil intent;
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 33/0
  <p>Perhaps surprisingly, a comparison of Hashem's revelation to Avraham in Bereshit 18 reveals much in common with Hashem's revelation to Moshe after the sin o ...ereshit 18.&#160; [In the&#160;<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Bereshit/18/1/18/33">Lab</a> click on the Torah icon to find a list of linguisticall
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 32/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 32</h1> ...y, despite his fears, Esav does in fact refer to Yaakov as "my brother" in Bereshit 33:9.&#160; See Rashbam that throughout the story Esav had no evil intent;
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 3/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 3</h1> ...0;– Use the concordance to see how the word and phrase are used throughout Tanakh.</p>
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• Avraham and Iyyov/0
  ...vraham and Iyyov were two of the most devout believers in God to appear in Tanakh, and that both managed to preserve their faith despite many trials and hard ...m and Iyyov are tested by Hashem (<a href="Bereshit22-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 22</a> and <a href="Iyyov1-18" data-aht="source">Iyyov 1</a>), and each of
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 1/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 1</h1> <category name="Bereshit 1 and 2">
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 22/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 22</h1> ...heless, an interesting contrast can be found between Bereshit 22:17-18 and Bereshit 3:16-17.&#160; While Avraham is told that his progeny will multiply, Chavva
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 12/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 12</h1> <p>There are several stories in Sefer Bereshit in which a wife passes herself off as a sister.</p>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 6-9/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 6–9</h1> ...=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjpieDdp96AAxX0g_0HHdakD2QQFnoECA0QAQ&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fw
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• Dictionary:חֹתֵן – חֹתֶנֶת/0
  ...-4" data-aht="source">Shofetim 19:4,7,9</a>. חֹתֶנֶת appears only once in Tanakh – <a href="Devarim27-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:23</a>.</li> <li>Etymology – "חֹתֵן" is used in Tanakh to refer to the father of the wife with whom the <a href="Dictionary:חָת
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 39/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 39</h1> <li>Bereshit 39 begins (verses 2-5) and ends (verses 21-23) with statements that God was
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• Yitro – Religious Identity/1
  <h2>Gentiles in Tanakh</h2> ...ish or proto-Jewish.<fn>Such as Malkizedek (Bereshit Rabbah 56:10), Tamar (Bereshit Rabbah 85:10), and the midwives of Egypt (Bavli Sotah 11b).</fn> See <a hr
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• Yaakov's Dividing of his Camp/1
  <p>Bereshit 32 describes Yaakov's preparations for his encounter with Esav.&#160; After <q xml:lang="en">(8) Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. And he divided the peopl
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 22/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 22</h1> ...envelope with the words “<span style="color: #0000ff;">לֶךְ לְךָ</span>” (Bereshit 22:2) that introduce his last test (Akeidat Yitzchak).</li>
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• The Flood and the Destruction of Nineveh/0
  Both the story of the Flood in Bereshit 6-8 and the Book of Yonah revolve around Hashem's decision to destroy a group o ...– In both books, it is the crime of violence which leads to the decree. In Bereshit we read, "כִּי מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס", and in Yonah,
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• Rachel and Channah/0
  The Book of Shemuel is replete with parallels to the Book of Bereshit.&#160; One of the most blatant of these is the parallel between the story o <li><b>Infertility</b> – Both Rachel (Bereshit 29:21, 30:1) and Channah (Shemuel I 1:2,5,6) are barren.</li>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 49/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 49</h1> <p>There are many examples of wordplay in Yaakov's blessings to his sons in Bereshit 49, especially in reference to the sons' names:</p>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 23/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 23</h1> ...ural units of the chapter and their relationship, see <a href="Structure – Bereshit 23" data-aht="page">Structure</a>.--></p>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 11/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 11</h1> ...found their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.' (8) So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the ear
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayishlach/0/en
  ...Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBereshit32-7-8" data-aht="source">Bereshit 32:7-8</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemu <li>Rashbam is consistent throughout his commentary on Bereshit in viewing Esav as a neutral, rather than wicked, figure. Do you agree with
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• Encounters with Foreign Leaders/0
  <p>There are a number of stories in Tanakh which describe friendly encounters with foreign dignitaries:</p> ...ng of Shalem and a <i>kohen</i> (<a href="Bereshit14-18" data-aht="source">Bereshit 14:18-24</a>).</li>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 6-9/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 6-9</h1> <category name="Bereshit 1 and 6-9">
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 2-3/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 2-3</h1> ...<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/chiastic-and-concentric-structures">Chiastic and Concentric Structures</a>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 34/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 34</h1> ...nakh Lab</a> demonstrates that the words that appear most frequently in in Bereshit 34 are בת and בן, the former appearing 14 times and the latter 11 times
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• Dictionary:דרש/0
  ...rnative to God – see Devarim 12:30,18:11, Melakhim I 1:2,3,6,16, Yeshayahu 8:19, Divrei HaYamim I 10:13.</fn> However, God cannot be physically seen or ...ed to support a number of possibilities:<fn>R. Saadia in his Commentary on Bereshit 25:22 brings prooftexts for four possible meanings for each of &#8207;דר�
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 7-11/0
  ...erent commentators’ approaches to the hardening of human beings’ hearts in Tanakh. Some propose that, at times, Hashem removes an individual’s free choice, <li>See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/torah/sefer-shemot/parashat-vaera/vaera-and-i-will-harden-heart-pharaoh">An
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 16/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 16</h1> <p>In Bereshit 16, there is an interplay between words relating to sight (“ראה” and
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• Wrestling With Angels and Men/1/en
  <p>The bulk of&#160;<a href="Bereshit32-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 32</a> describes in great detail how Yaakov prepared for his momentous enco ...he said, "Why is it that you ask for my name?" And he blessed him there. (Bereshit 32:23-30)</q>
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• Purposes of the Egyptian Bondage/1/en
  ...master plan<fn>See <a href="Bereshit45-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:5,8</a> and <a href="Tehillim105" data-aht="source">Tehillim 105:16-25</a> whic ...ht="source">Tzeror HaMor</a><a href="TzerorBereshit15-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:9</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R
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• Literary Devices – Shemot 1/0
  ...opment of the Israelite nation (1:1–7) and a main scene, "Evil Decrees" (1:8–22). For more on the structural units of the chapter and their relationsh ...an be subdivided into verses 1–5 which repeat events already told in Sefer Bereshit and verses 6–7 which move the reader to the upcoming story of Sefer Shemo
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• Divine Plurals/2
  ...source">Bereshit 1:26-27</a><a href="SfornoBereshit3-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:22</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah Sfo ...all, but rather to fix that which is/will be created. [Cf. His comments to Bereshit 1:7 as well.]&#160; Hashem does not speak to the angels about creating man,
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 39-40/0
  ...stly garments, many look to other instances where clothing plays a role in Tanakh.</p> ...the symbolism of the priestly garments in light of parallels elsewhere in Tanakh. Scholars look at the role of clothing in various narratives from the&#160;
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 43/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 43</h1> ...em bring Binyamin to Egypt, Yehuda refers to Binyamin as “הַנַּעַר” (verse 8), which is the word with which Yosef is introduced in 37:2.<fn>See "Charact
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• Seeing Hashem/1
  ...it26-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 26:2</a>.&#160; In all of these verses, Tanakh uses the formulation, "'<b>וַיֵּרָא</b> י״י אֶל" rather than ...ַּפֹּרֶת."&#160; In other cases (<a href="Bereshit32-31" data-aht="source">Bereshit 32:31</a>, <a href="Shofetim6-22-23" data-aht="source">Shofetim 6:22-23</a>
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• Lot Flees Sedom in Art/0/en
  ...light from Sedom as recounted in <a href="Bereshit19-12" data-aht="source">Bereshit 19:12-26</a>. While the two works portray the same moment in the story, the ...18:2,16,22</a> and <a href="Bereshit19-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit 19:5,8,10,12,16</a>. On one hand, the "מַלְאָכִים"&#8206; / "אֲנָש�
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 34/0
  <p>Perhaps surprisingly, a comparison of Hashem's revelation to Avraham in Bereshit 18 reveals much in common with Hashem's revelation to Moshe after the sin o ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:18:1-18:33&amp;c2=Shemot:33:1-34:35&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a>.</li>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 6/0
  ...th explicitly mentions the promise of land to the Patriarchs (verses 4 and 8) and utilizes numerous linguistic hints to recall the covenantal agreements <li>See <a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/torah/sefer-shemot/parashat-vaera/vaera-brit-bein-habtarim-or-brit-milah">V
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• Sale of Yosef in Art/0/en
  ...rce">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYBSBereshit37-25" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37:25</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef B ..." data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit37-3" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37:3</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David
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• Yehuda Confronts Yosef in Art/0
  ...ta-aht="source">93:8</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="TanchumaVayigash5" data-aht= ...-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit44" data-aht="source">Bereshit 44</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak
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• Yitzchak's Role in the Akeidah/1
  <a href="Bereshit22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 22</a> describes Hashem's ultimate test of Avraham in the story commonly kn <p>More often than not, Tanakh does not reveal the emotions of its characters, and our story is no excepti
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 14/0
  ...erent commentators’ approaches to the hardening of human beings’ hearts in Tanakh. Some propose that, at times, Hashem removes an individual’s free choice, <li>See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/torah/sefer-shemot/parashat-vaera/vaera-and-i-will-harden-heart-pharaoh">An
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 18/0
  ...m "I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you" (Bereshit 12:1-3).</li> <p>Though many of the interactions in Tanakh between Israel and its neighbors are hostile, there are several stories of
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• Sale of the Birthright in Art/0/en
  ...Stom's artistic circle&#160;– both depict the sale of the birthright from Bereshit 25. At first glance, the two images seem very similar. In both, the brother ...rce">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYBSBereshit25-29" data-aht="source">Bereshit 25:29-30</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yose
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• Barren Women/0
  <p>Tanakh records six cases of women who had difficulty conceiving but then miraculou ...t="source">Bereshit 18:10-15</a><a href="Bereshit21-1-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 21:1-7</a></multilink>)</li>
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• Rivka at the Well in Art/0/en
  <p>Chapter 24 of Bereshit describes Avraham's servant's search for an appropriate wife for Yitzchak. ...idah, when Rivka was just born. <a href="Bereshit25-20" data-aht="source">Bereshit 25:20</a> tells us that Yitzchak was 40 at their marriage, making Rivka thr
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• Grammar:Person/0
  <p>At times Tanakh switches from speaking in second person to third person (or vice versa) whe <li><b><a href="Bereshit27-31" data-aht="source">Bereshit 27:31</a></b>– Esav tells his father, "<b>יָ</b>קֻם אָבִי וְ<
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• Grammar:Gender/0
  ...><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit19-23" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 19:23</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</ ...other example where the word is treated as feminine, see Divrei HaYamim II 8:11 ("אֲשֶׁר בָּ<b>אָה</b> אֲלֵיהֶם אֲרוֹן י"י")
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• Kayin and Hevel in Art/0/en
  ...ge illuminated manuscript is one of the earliest surviving translations of Tanakh into Castilian. It was commissioned by a prominent churchman, Don Luis de G ..." data-aht="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit4-12" data-aht="source">Bereshit 4:12</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 25-27/0
  ...e">Bavli Shabbat 87b</a> and <a href="BereshitRabbah3-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 3:9</a> note that the Tabernacle was built on the first day of Creat ...he service of the Tabernacle and man’s role of stewardship as described in Bereshit 2.&#160; Taken together, the construction and service of the Tabernacle ser
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayigash/0/en
  ...ation may be in Parashat Vayigash.<fn>An earlier example might be found in Bereshit 26 where Yitzchak's successful well-digging causes complications with his P ...otism is a valid practice, and when is it problematic?&#160; Where else in Tanakh do leaders give preferential treatment to their families?&#160; Do these ot
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• Commentators:Character Consolidation/1
  ...a-aht="source">56:10</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink></li> ...ta-aht="source">61:4</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink>. For elaboration, see: <a href="Avraham's Many Wives
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 35-38/0
  ...e">Bavli Shabbat 87b</a> and <a href="BereshitRabbah3-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 3:9</a> note that the Tabernacle was built on the first day of Creat ...he service of the Tabernacle and man’s role of stewardship as described in Bereshit 2.&#160; Taken together, the construction and service of the Tabernacle ser
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• Avraham and Yonah/0
  There are only two places in Tanakh where a prophet intervenes to save a non-Jewish city of sinners from destru ...verb elsewhere in a similar context automatically makes the reader recall Bereshit 19.</li>
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• Eliyahu's Death/1/en
  ...when speaking of Chanokh in&#160;<a href="Bereshit5-24" data-aht="source">Bereshit 5:24</a> ("כִּי לָקַח אֹתוֹ אֱלֹהִים"). There, too, w <p>Eliyahu is mentioned twice in Tanakh after his disappearance in the storm. In <a href="DivreiHaYamimII21-12" dat
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• Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/2
  ...data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:26</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Abo ...nthropomorphic verses</b> – According to this approach it is expected that Tanakh should talk about Hashem as if he has a body.</point>
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• Commentators:R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)/0
  ...en himself (as indicated by his distinguishing between Cohanim and "us" in Bereshit Beiur HaMilot 1:29-30), R. Levi HaCohen must have been his maternal grandfa <li>Parashat Bereshit – end of Av 5088 (August 1328)</li>
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• Literary Devices – Shemot 2/0
  ...href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/between-chiastic-and-classical-parallelism">Between Chiastic and Classical ...s 5-6: Actions of Bat Paroh</p><p style="padding-left: 90px;">C'. Verses 7-8: Actions of Moshe’s sister</p><p style="padding-left: 60px;">B'. Verse 9:
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• Bilam/0/en
  ...four kings of Midian (<a href="Bemidbar31-8" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:8</a>, with parallels in <a href="Yehoshua13-21-22" data-aht="source">Yehoshu ...n (Bereshit 25:20, 28:5, 31:20, and 31:24) and is from Aram Naharayim (see Bereshit 24:10), and Bilam is identified as coming from Aram (<a href="Bemidbar23" d
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• Haggadah:Bekhol Dor VaDor – Echoes of the Egyptian Exilic Experience/1/en
  ...t="source">R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschBereshit45-11" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:11</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. S"R
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• Dictionary:עָרֹב/0
  ...only three places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot8-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:16-28</a>, <a href="Tehillim78-45" data-aht="source">Tehillim 78:45</a>, an ...aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagShemot8-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:17</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 4/0
  <li>See&#160;<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/neviim/sefer-shmuel-aleph/chapter-3-shmuels-consecration-prophecy">Shemuel� <li>See<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/neviim/sefer-yirmeyahu/%E2%80%9C-i-formed-you-belly-i-knew-you%E2%80%9D-%E2
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• The Mabbul and Mesopotamian Myths/0/en
  ...t7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 7</a>-<a href="Bereshit8" data-aht="source">8</a>), not surprisingly, are the Mesopotamian versions. These are similar to <li>Both Tanakh and the Babylonian versions describe the building of a boat which is depict
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• Lot's Wife and Her Fate/2
  ...e">R. D"Z Hoffmann</a><a href="RDZHoffmannBereshit19-16" data-aht="source">Bereshit 19:16-17,26</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. ...unique meaning in Tanakh,<fn>The other occurrences of the word "נְצִיב" in Tanakh refer to a garrison or appointed officer, not an inanimate figure.</fn> and
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• Cursing Canaan/2/en
  ...a-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="SfornoBereshit9-18-27" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:18-27</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah ...hree sons are mentioned together (<a href="Bereshit5-32" data-aht="source">Bereshit 5:32</a>, <a href="Bereshit6-9-10" data-aht="source">6:10</a>, <a href="Ber
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 30-31/0
  ...e">Bavli Shabbat 87b</a> and <a href="BereshitRabbah3-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 3:9</a> note that the Tabernacle was built on the first day of Creat ...he service of the Tabernacle and man’s role of stewardship as described in Bereshit 2.&#160; Taken together, the construction and service of the Tabernacle ser
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• Eliyahu and Yonah/0
  <p>Eliyahu and Yonah are the only two prophets in all of Tanakh who successfully persuade their audience to repent and change their ways. S ...walks for forty days to Sinai, fueled by but a single cake (Melakhim I 19:8). When told that Nineveh will be destroyed in forty days, the people fast (
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• Moshe and Eliyahu at Sinai/0
  On three occasions in Tanakh, a prophet receives a revelation at Mt. Sinai. Hashem reveals Himself to Mo ...Sinai, all fueled by a single cake eaten before the journey (Melakhim I 19:8).</li>
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• Avraham/0/en
  ...death for his beliefs, we know nothing of his religious journey from Sefer Bereshit itself. Rambam and the Kuzari offer two possibilities, each in line with th ...of the world.<fn>See also <a href="BereshitRabbah38-13" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 38:13</a> which lays out a conversation between Avraham and Nimrod w
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 4/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 4</h1> ...these words still top the&#160;<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Bereshit/4/1/4/26">list</a> but are joined by the verb "ילד" (to bear a child) re
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• Dictionary:חַיִל/0
  <p>The word חַיִל in its various forms appears 251 times in Tanakh.<fn>The word חֵל (a wall or fortress) occurs in another eight verses. I <li>Biblical verses – Bereshit 34:29, Bemidbar 31:29, Devarim 8:17-18, Yirmeyahu 15:13, 17:3, Yechezkel 28:4-5, Yoel 2:22, Tehillim 49:7,11
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• Dictionary:צְפַרְדֵּעַ/0
  ...ree places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot7-26" data-aht="source">Shemot 7:26 – 8:11</a>, <a href="Tehillim78-45" data-aht="source">Tehillim 78:45</a>, and < ...s.<fn>Regarding this notion in general and regarding the Plagues, see also Bereshit Rabbah 10:7, Shemot Rabbah Vaera 10:1.</fn></li>
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• Rachel/0
  ...g to have children.&#160; Her story is told in but seven chapters in Sefer Bereshit, a story filled with heartache and tragedy.&#160; The narrative focuses mos <p>The stories surrounding Rachel in Tanakh focus mainly on her interactions with Yaakov and Leah, highlighting the ten
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• Avraham's Many Wives/2
  ...page">Bereshit 25:1</a><a href="RDZHoffmannBereshit25-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit 25:5-6</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. D"Z H ...i.e. Avraham's other offspring. See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/he/tanakh/torah/sefer-bereishit/parashat-chayei-sara/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%A8%
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• Grammar:Number/0
  ...tors attribute this to "דרך המקרא", the way of the text,<fn>See Rashbam on Bereshit 1:14, "דרך המקראות לומר לשון יחיד אצל לשון ר� ...For examples where the verb "היה" does not conform with gender, see:&#160;Bereshit 24:43 (<b>וְהָיָה הָעַלְמָה</b> הַיֹּצֵאת לִשְ
  21 KB (2,676 words) - 07:56, 13 September 2023
• Realia:Midyan/0
  <p>As Tanakh does not provide accompanying maps, we must piece together different textua ...nt><b>Keturah's descendants</b> – <a href="Bereshit25-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 25:1-6</a> lists Midyan as one of the children of Keturah who were sent "to
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• Literary:Indicators of Achronology/0
  ...text, as evidenced by dates, relative ages, or even geographical data.<fn>Tanakh often traces people's travels, so knowing where an event took place might a ...of people's relative ages as provided by genealogy lists, time markers,<fn>Tanakh will sometimes date an event to a certain year in an individual's life.&#16
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• Wanted: A Wife for Yitzchak/2/en
  ...="source">Bereshit 24:39</a><a href="RadakBereshit24-49" data-aht="source">Bereshit 24:49</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Davi ...bam defines "מוֹלַדְתִּי" as family.<fn>Cf. Bereshit 43:7 and Esther 2:10, 8:6, and see <a href="$">"מוֹלֶדֶת"</a>.</fn> Thus, Avraham explicitl
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• Philosophy:Collective Punishment/2
  ...ekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit6-912-13" data-aht="source">Bereshit 6:9,12-13</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar14-29" data-aht="source">Bemi ...e punishment</b> – These commentators try to explain away all the cases in Tanakh where there seems to be collective punishment by suggesting that in each in
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24/0
  ...it:12:3-12:3&amp;c2=Bemidbar:22:6-22:6&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a> to compare Bereshit 12:3 and Bemidbar 22:6. In the former, Hashem promises Avraham that all who <li><a href="BereshitRabbah55-8" data-aht="source">Bereshit Rabbah 55:8</a> notes how both Avraham and Bilaam wake early and saddle their own donke
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• Commentators:R. Avraham Porto (Minchah Belulah)/0
  <li><b>Teachers</b> – R. Eliyahu Bachur,<fn>The Minchah Belulah Bereshit 47:26 writes "ומפי אלופי ר' אליה המדקדק ז"ל שמעת� ...odern times in Benei Berak, 1989.</fn> His commentaries on other books of Tanakh and Avot remain in manuscript.<fn>The manuscript is now located in the Nati
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• Textual Variants – Shemot 18/0
  ...n Gall's edition, Der Hebräische Pentateuch der Samaritaner (Giessen, 1914-8).</fn> A comparison of these textual versions reveals many differences, ra ...armonizations of command and execution (see 4Q22 and SP Shemot 7:18, 7:29, 8:19, 9:5, 9:19, and 10:2), but 4Q22 does not contain the sectarian Samarian
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• Deconstructing Migdal Bavel/2/en
  ...aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="CassutoBereshit11-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 11:1-9</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. U. ...-aht="source">38:6-9</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></multilink>.</fn></point>
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• Yosef/0
  <p>The Yosef narratives extend from Bereshit 37 through the end of the book, providing the reader with significantly mor <p>Bereshit 37 discusses both the brother's sale of Yosef, and the jealousy and hatred
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• Yehuda's Oration/2
  ...="source">Bereshit 44:21</a><a href="ShadalBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:1</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Abo ..."source">Bereshit 44:32-34</a><a href="RYBSBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:1</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Be
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• Esther's Religious Identity/2
  ...Version B 2:8</a><a href="undefined5" data-aht="source">Esther Version B 2:8</a><a href="undefined6" data-aht="source">Esther Version B 2:10</a><a href= ...ial cost of imprisonment or death.<fn>See Bereshit 39:9,19-20 and Daniel 1:8-16.&#160; R"A Saba likely views their exemplary conduct through the prism o
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