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Chronology – Shemot 18/2
...xegetes split the chapter and suggest various permutations for which parts of the story happened before the Decalogue and which occurred only later.</div ...the entire chapter is in its chronological place. There are two variations of this position:</p>

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Relationship Between Vayikra 1-5 and 6-7/2
<h1>Relationship Between Vayikra 1-5 and 6-7</h1> ...ashat Tzav revolves around the final stage, the allocation and consumption of the offering.</p>

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Purpose of the Plagues/2
<h1>Purpose of the Plagues</h1> ...rbanel</a></multilink><fn>Abarbanel maintains that the plagues held a dual purpose; they were both punitive and educative.</fn></mekorot>

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Yehuda's Oration/2
...reshit 44:21</a><a href="ShadalBereshit45-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 45:1</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. ...er his deal to replace Binyamin, as it would not be adhering to the letter of the law.<fn>He compares this to offering a judge a bribe, which would only

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בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/en
...ment. The story appears in Tanakh only as a reaction to mythological tales of gods coupling with humans to form immortal beings.</p> ...of the intermingling of the corrupt line of Kayin with the righteous line of Shet.  As a result, Hashem decided to destroy the world and restart a

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Esther's Relations with Achashverosh/2
...oach argues that in the era or Mordechai and Esther, a blanket prohibition of intermarriage was not yet in existence.</p></div> ...ing to have Esther become queen to a heathen and compromise her observance of mitzvot.  It is not clear, however, how severe a sin he viewed the mar

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Permission to Eat Meat/2/en
...lbag asserts that meat was always permitted and is the natural food choice of humans.  On the other end, R. Yosef Albo claims that vegetarianism is ...ed to eat meat, he lost the privilege when he sinned by eating of the Tree of Knowledge, and it was restored only after his sin was atoned for though the

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Bizarre Prophetic Commands/2
...ds commanded of them. While the Rid does not attempt to mute the harshness of such commands, in many cases, Shadal reinterprets the directives in ways th <p>The various bizarre actions demanded of prophets took place only in prophetic visions.  They were meant to ser

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Wanted: A Wife for Yitzchak/2/en
<h1>Wanted: A Wife for Yitzchak</h1> ...Avraham's portrait of the ideal wife for Yitzchak, how the servant's plan of action fit with Avraham's instructions, and how contradictions between the

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Hardened Hearts/2/en
...change, or because, as idolaters, they were simply not bequeathed the gift of repentance.</p> ...osef Albo and Sforno go a step further, suggesting that Hashem's hardening of hearts is what actually allows for free will and true repentance. חיזו�

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Endangering Sarai in Egypt/2
...dak, thus, asserts that Avram acted unintentionally; he was simply unaware of the danger that his wife's beauty would bring to them in Egypt.  R. Ni ...srael and the endangering of Sarai, while Cassuto criticizes his deceiving of Paroh and the Egyptians.</p></div>

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Overview – Sefer Bereshit/0
<category>Structure of the Book ...1</b> speak of universal history: the creation, destruction and recreation of the world at large.</li>

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"עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן" – An Eye for an Eye/2
...o real life. Finally, the Hoil Moshe differentiates between the generation of former slaves to which the Torah was originally given and future, more civi ...t p. 143. Ibn Ezra in his Short Commentary cites this position in the name of the Karaites ("המכחישים").</fn>

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Revelation to the Elders at Sinai/2
...or in which they were privileged to see Hashem on a higher level than most of the nation.</p></div> ...granted a temporary stay of punishment, the elders at Sinai were deserving of death.  This position differs regarding why:</p>

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Yitro – Religious Identity/2
...r Yitro's theological beliefs undergo any transformation during the course of his life.</div> ...ations of this approach differ over whether this was a longstanding belief of Yitro or a more recent development following a career as an idol worshipper

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Moshe's Epitaph – Signs and Wonders/2
...their interpretations of other Biblical miracles and their understandings of the relationship between prophetic proficiency and signs and wonders.</p> ...ty.  On the opposite end, Sforno maintains that the verses speak only of Moshe's prophetic prowess, and that the miraculous events were merely the s

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Overview – Sefer Shemot/0/en
<category>Structure of the Book ...e Israelites transformed from a nation of slaves serving Paroh to a nation of free people serving Hashem.  It can be divided into three main section

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Rachel/0
...el's character. The page below will nonetheless attempt to draw a portrait of Rachel, looking at the many challenges she faced, at both her strengths and <p>Of all the Matriarchs, Rachel is the one most associated with motherhood. Seve

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The Roundabout Route and The Road Not Traveled/2
...ther baiting Paroh into chasing after the Israelites was a crucial element of the Divine master plan.</p> ...d the pitfalls of the alternative Philistine Route.  Finally, Akeidat Yitzchak and Abarbanel attempt to synthesize various approaches, combining the munda

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Permission to Eat Meat/2/he
...lbag asserts that meat was always permitted and is the natural food choice of humans.  On the other end, R. Yosef Albo claims that vegetarianism is ...ed to eat meat, he lost the privilege when he sinned by eating of the Tree of Knowledge, and it was restored only after his sin was atoned for though the

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