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• Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/1
  ...eshit 8:21), hears (Bemidbar 11:1), sits (Yeshayhu 6:1), stands (Shemot 17:6), remembers (Bereshit 8:1), and sleeps (Tehillim 78:65).</fn><sup><br/></su
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 12/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 12</h1> ...o remember other, seemingly more egregious sins.&#160; R. Mishkin draws on Bemidbar 12’s theme of the uniqueness of Moshe’s prophecy to answer this questio
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 16/0
  ...-25, Shemot 17:1-7, Bemidbar 11:5-6, Bemidbar 14:2-3, Bemidbar 20:1-6, and Bemidbar 21:4-7.</p> ...ding of the evolution of the Israelites’ complaints from Shemot 15 through Bemidbar 21, reflecting their increasing faith and independence.</li>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 15/0
  <category>Songs in Tanakh <p>The Song of the Sea (שירת הים) is one of several songs in Tanakh. Others include the song of Ha'azinu, Devorah and Channah's songs, and Davi
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• Nadav and Avihu vs. Korach/0
  ...e Hashem, but they are devoured by a heavenly fire. In the second case, in Bemidbar 16-17, during Korach's rebellion, two hundred and fifty of his supporters a ...nacle ("וַיַּקְרִיבוּ לִפְנֵי י"י"). These are two of only five stories in Tanakh where we are told of a specific person burning incense, and the only two wh
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• Index:Torahcasts/0
  <a href="Relationship Between Vayikra 1-5 and 6-7/1/en" data-aht="page"> <img src="/Media/3Vayikra/01/Relationship Between Vayikra 1-5 and 6-7/Torahcast.png"/>
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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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• David's Counting of the Nation/1/en
  ...akhim I 20:27</a>, <a href="MelakhimII3-6" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 3:6</a>, and <a href="Ezra2-1-5" data-aht="source">Ezra 2</a>.&#160; In none of <p>Before the first census of Tanakh (<a href="Shemot30-11-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 30</a>),&#160;Hashem com
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• Yitro's Life After Shemot 18/1
  ...went home and never returned. In <a href="Bemidbar10-29" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 10:29-32</a>, however, we read of Moshe's attempt to persuade "Chovav, the ...source">4:11</a> and <a href="ShemuelI15-6" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 15:6</a>. These three verses speak of the Keinites, the descendants of "<i>chot
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 17/0
  ...-25, Shemot 17:1-7, Bemidbar 11:5-6, Bemidbar 14:2-3, Bemidbar 20:1-6, and Bemidbar 21:4-7.</p> ...ding of the evolution of the Israelites’ complaints from Shemot 15 through Bemidbar 21, reflecting their increasing faith and independence.</li>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 6/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 6</h1> <p>Hashem’s speech in Shemot 6 alludes to the two covenants in which Hashem promised the land of Canaan to
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• Seeing Hashem/1
  ...">Melakhim I 22:19</a>, <a href="Yeshayahu6-1" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 6:1</a>,&#160;<a href="Yechezkel1-26" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 1:26</a> an ...emidbar 4:19-20</a> and <a href="ShemuelI6-19" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 6:19</a>), seeing Hashem would logically be as well.</fn>&#160; Even Moshe is
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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 – Bemidbar 25/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 25</h1> ...s help one better appreciate the unusual form of Pinechas' heroism and why Tanakh finds it commendable.</p>
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• Dictionary:שלח/0
  <li>Various forms of the verb שלח appear over 800 times in Tanakh, and all of the forms are related to the same basic meaning of sending.</li ...ata-aht="page">גרושה</a> to refer to a divorcee (see Vayikra 21:14, 22:13, Bemidbar 30:10, Yechezkel 44:22, 45:9).</fn></li>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 11/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 11</h1> ...that there is a much harsher and more negative evaluation of the nation in Bemidbar than in Shemot.</p>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 12/0
  ..., using the comparison as a paradigm for how to do comparative readings of Tanakh in general.</li> ...the concordance from the drop-down menu, all appearances of the phrase in Tanakh will display. At a glance, it becomes evident that the only two named indiv
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• Literary Devices – Bemidbar 11/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 11</h1> ...dicates the shift from the nation’s harmonious journey in the beginning of Bemidbar to the discontent and rebellion that ultimately derails their mission.</p>
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• Yitro – Religious Identity/1
  <h2>Gentiles in Tanakh</h2> ...li Sotah 12b), Rachav (Sifre Bemidbar 78, Bavli Zevachim 116b), Rut (Sifre Bemidbar 78, Bavli Yevamot 47b, Rut Rabbah 2:22), and Queen of Sheba (Shemot Rabbah
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• Dictionary:רְכוּשׁ/0
  <p>The word appears 28 times in Tanakh, and in many of the cases it is difficult to determine whether it connotes ...ource">Bereshit 13:5-6</a> and <a href="Bereshit36-6" data-aht="source">36:6</a> – Both of these cases describe an overcrowding due to an abundance of
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• Context Overview – Shemot 18/0
  ...bar 24:20-22</a> and <a href="ShemuelI15-6" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 15:6</a>).</li>
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayetze/0/en
  ...sage for him in the present (<a href="BemidbarRabbah4-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar Rabbah</a>) or for the Nation of Israel in the future (<a href="TanchumaVay <category>In-laws or Outlaws in Tanakh
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• בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/1/en
  <p><a href="Bereshit6-1-8" data-aht="source">Bereshit 6:1-4</a> describes the coupling of the "בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים" a <p>This passage is one of the most esoteric in Tanakh. Many of its terms are undefined, and the connection between its statements
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• Bilam/0/en
  ...tigator of the Sin of Baal Peor (<a href="Bemidbar31-16" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 31:16</a>).</p> ...rce">Yehoshua 24:9-10</a> and <a href="Mikhah6-5" data-aht="source">Mikhah 6:5</a>. Who is Bilam? What is the meaning of him being a "קּוֹסֵם" (<
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• Literary Devices – Bemidbar 12/0
  <h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 12</h1> <p>Hashem's chastisement of Miriam and Aharon in verses 6-8 is built chiastically:</p><ul>
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• Commentators:R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)/0
  <content>Commentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh ([[#Works|links]]), מוסר המלכים&#8206;, שמחת הרגל</conten <li><b>Dates</b> – June 6, 1821<fn>See his autobiography, in <a href="http://www.hebrewbooks.org/3526
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• Revelation to the Elders at Sinai/1
  ...uel I 22:17</a>, and <a href="ShemuelI24-6" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 24:6</a>.</fn>&#160; Does this imply that the nobles were deserving of punishmen <h2 name="The Elders in Tanakh">The Elders Elsewhere in Tanakh</h2>
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 13-14/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 13-14</h1> <category>Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim
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• Service of the Levites/0
  ...scribe several of the tasks assigned to the Levites in the Wilderness, and Bemidbar 8 depicts their purification and consecration to Hashem. When and why were ...Y Bekhor Shor </a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar8-19" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 8:19</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Be
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 34/0
  ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:18:1-18:33&amp;c2=Shemot:33:1-34:35&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a>.</li> <li>See <a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/torah/sefer-bereishit/parashat-vayera/vayera-revelations-avraham-and-moshe"
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 16-17/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 16-17</h1> ...two<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Vayikra:10:1-10:5&amp;c2=Bemidbar:16"> here</a>.</li>
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• Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10/1
  <h1>Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10</h1> ...ht="source">9:5</a><a href="Sifre Bemidbar" data-aht="parshan">About Sifre Bemidbar</a></multilink> and the <multilink><a href="BavliPesachim6a-b" data-aht="so
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• Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Bo/0
  ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> ...aht="source">Shemot 12:12</a> and <a href="Bemidbar33-4" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:4</a> explicitly state that the Plague of the Firstborn executed a "judg
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• Appointing Moshe's Assistants/2
  Shemot 18, Bemidbar 11, and Devarim 1</h1> ...between the three accounts, the primary question is whether Shemot 18 and Bemidbar 11 speak of events which occurred at totally different times, or of simulta
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• Realia:Midyan/0
  <p>As Tanakh does not provide accompanying maps, we must piece together different textua ...gue for a similar placement of Midyan.<fn>Ramban Shemot 18:1 and Abarbanel Bemidbar 10 advocate for a Midyan close to Mt. Sinai. However, R. Avraham b. HaRamb
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• Commentators:Character Consolidation/1
  ...onatan)</a><a href="TargumYerushalmiYonatanBemidbar22-5" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:5</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targ ...18</a><a href="TargumYerushalmiYonatanShemot6-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:18</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targum
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24/0
  <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24</h1> ...ating "all the families of the land will be blessed through you".&#160; In Bemidbar, Balak tells Bilam that he knows that all whom he blesses are blessed and a
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• Half Shekels – For Census or Tabernacle/1/en
  ...akhim I 20:27</a>, <a href="MelakhimII3-6" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 3:6</a>, and <a href="Ezra2" data-aht="source">Ezra 2</a>.</fn> do we find a co ...ֵל לִפְנֵי ה'&#8207;"). However, there are also important distinctions. In Bemidbar 31, the donation is given after the census, it consists of gold jewelry rat
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• Commentators:R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)/0
  ...ei 5097 (October 2, 1336). [The manuscript reads 26 Tishrei 5197 (October 6, 1436). This date either contains an extra letter <i>kuf</i> (and is thus <li>Bemidbar – 23 Tevet 5098 (December 16, 1337)</li>
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• Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Vaera/0
  ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> ....il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/core-studies-tanakh/tanakh-and-archaeology-5">Tanakh and Archaeology (5)</a>, by R. Amnon Bazak, for a review of arguments that
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• Purpose of the Spies in Yehoshua 2/2
  ...data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar13-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 13:2</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan" ...-aht="source">Mishlei 3:29</a> and <a href="Mishlei6-18" data-aht="source">6:18</a>.</fn> rather than secrecy<fn>Since the mission was not meant to reve
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• Philosophy:Collective Punishment/2
  ...idbar 14:29</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBemidbar16-1922" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:19, 22</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yos ...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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• Grammar:Gender/0
  <p>There are several words In Tanakh which are treated as both masculine and feminine, at times taking a masculi ...>Shemuel I 4:17</a><a href="RadakShemuelI6-12" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 6:12</a><a href="RadakYechezkel37-7" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 37:7</a><a h
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• Why is the Goat Sent to Azazel/1/en
  ...is the identity of "עֲזָאזֵל" (Azazel).<fn>Azazel appears nowhere else in Tanakh besides Vayikra 16.</fn>&#160; To whom or where is the goat being sent?&#16 ...ff a cliff.<fn>See <a href="MishnaYoma6-6" data-aht="source">Mishna Yoma 6:6</a>.</fn>&#160; What leads the Rabbis to adopt this position, and how can i
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• Akeidat Yitzchak and the Covenant at Sinai/0
  ...g:&#160; Avraham carries with him the fire and the מַּאֲכֶלֶת (Bereshit 22:6), while Hashem's glory is described as a consuming (אֹכֶלֶת) fire (S ...s&#160;<a href="http://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7812">175 times</a> in Tanakh; the term "from afar", even in the exact form "מֵרָחֹק" appears <a h
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• Why Worry About Bilam/2
  ...-aht="source">Tanchuma</a><a href="TanchumaBalak6" data-aht="source">Balak 6</a><a href="TanchumaBalak9" data-aht="source">Balak 9</a><a href="TanchumaB ...ss in R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYBSBemidbar22-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:7</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Be
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• Purpose and Placement of the Incense Altar/1/en
  ...tion of the command is highlighted when one compares the Masoretic text of Tanakh with the Samaritan Pentateuch and one of the Qumran scrolls (4QpaleoEx) whi <li>In <a href="Bemidbar16-5-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:5-7</a>, after complaining about the priestly position, the rebels are t
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• Calling for Peace in the Conquest of Canaan/1
  ...33-51-56" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:51-53</a>, and <a href="Devarim7-1-6" data-aht="source">Devarim 7:1-2</a>.</fn> which similarly speak of the nee <p>Several other passages in Tanakh bear on our question:</p>
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• Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins/1/en
  ...ion appears in Moshe's prayer in <a href="Bemidbar14-17" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 14:18</a>, where "אֵ-ל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן",&#8206; "וֶא� ...s "וְעַל בְּנֵי בָנִים" in the middle of the list of punished generations (Bemidbar 14, though, reads like the Decalogue).</li>
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• Yitro's System – A Bloated Bureaucracy/2
  <point><b>Usage in Tanakh</b> – In <a href="MelakhimII1-9" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 1:9-14</a> <point><b>Usage in Tanakh</b> – This position is supported by the verses in <a href="DivreiII17-14"
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• Textual Variants – Shemot 18/0
  ...lso does so in the reverse direction (inserting verses in Devarim based on Bemidbar) – see <a href="Variants:Samaritan" data-aht="page">Samaritan Pentateuch< ...s differs from the Masoretic Text in the names of God – see SP Shemot 3:4, 6:2, 9:30, 15:17, 22:8. See also <a href="4Q11" data-aht="source">4Q11</a> 1
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• Arei Miklat – Cities of Refuge or Exile/2
  ...source">Shemot 21:12-13</a><a href="ShadalBemidbar35-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 35:12,25</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan" ...ing of the purpose of the cities as a whole, see J. Milgrom, Olam HaTanakh Bemidbar (Tel Aviv, 1993): 205, and R. Elchanan Samet, "ערי מקלט – משמע
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• Urim VeTummim/1
  ...he function of the Urim.&#160;<a href="Bemidbar27-18-21" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 27:21 </a>states that before Yehoshua was to go to war, he was to consult t <p>Similarly, in <a href="ShemuelI28-4-6" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 28:6</a>, Shaul turns to the Urim to ask about his upcoming battle with the Phil
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• Korach's Rebellion/1/en
  <p>The first half of Sefer Bemidbar recounts a litany of protests including the nation's complaints about the m ...ata-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBemidbar16" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn
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• Divine Plurals/2
  ...ce">Yeshayahu 6:2-8</a> and <a href="Iyyov1-6-7" data-aht="source">Iyyov 1:6-7</a>. Cassuto challenges this claim, noting that in those cases, in contra ...sort of heavenly assembly and consultation.<fn>See King I 22:19, Yeshayahu 6:2-8 and Iyyov 1-2.</fn> Most of them (with the notable exceptions of Rashi
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• Purpose of the Trumpet Blowing/2
  ...rce">Bemidbar 10:5</a><a href="RSRHirschBemidbar10-8-10" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 10:8-10</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. S ...ical parallels</b> – See <a href="Shofetim6-34" data-aht="source">Shofetim 6:34</a>, <a href="ShemuelI13-3" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 13:3</a>,&#160;<
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• Yitro's Visit – Purpose and Significance/2/en
  ...urce">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYBS18" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:6</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor ...ght them back to Midyan. By doing so, he eliminates any redundancy in 18:2-6, as according to him, only 18:5 speaks of Yitro's actions in the present. S
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• Prophetic Actions Without Explicit Divine Sanction/2
  ...ce">Bemidbar 16:4, 17</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar16-2830" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:28, 30</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="par <li><a href="ShemuelII7-1-6" data-aht="source">Natan and the Mikdash</a>&#160;– In this case, Natan c
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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 ...he first of the first month.&#160; <a href="Bemidbar9-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9</a> similarly opens "בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵא
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• Who was Enslaved in Egypt/2
  ...-aht="source">Shemot 5:4</a><a href="RambanBemidbar3-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 3:14</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh ...data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBemidbar3-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 3:14</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh
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• Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/2
  ...nthropomorphic verses</b> – According to this approach it is expected that Tanakh should talk about Hashem as if he has a body.</point> ...ure of speech.<fn>R. Saadia compares it to other figurative speech used in Tanakh, such as the sky talking (Tehillim 19:2), rocks listening (Yehoshua 24:27),
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• Seeing Hashem/2
  ...ily form, physically seeing Hashem is impossible. Any visions of Hashem in Tanakh must be understood either to have taken place in a prophetic dream (where m ...="source">Bemidbar 14:10</a><a href="RashiBemidbar16-19" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:19</a><a href="RashiDevarim5-19" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:19</a><a hr
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• Commentators:R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)/0
  <content>Commentaries on Tanakh and Talmud, Sifrut Debei Rashi</content> <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Rashi wrote commentaries on all of Tanakh.</li>
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• Realia:Stones of the Choshen/0
  ...0137%3Abook%3D37%3Achapter%3D1"><i>Natural Histor</i>y</a> (Book 37).</fn> Bemidbar Rabbah provides further clues, as it lists the color of many of the stones, ...ce">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot28-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 28:6</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Aba
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• Chronology – Shemot 18/2
  ...sohn</a><a href="BiurBemidbar10-29" data-aht="source">Editorial note, Biur Bemidbar 10:29</a><a href="Moses Mendelssohn" data-aht="parshan">About Moses Mendels ...This is made explicit by the Tosafists brought in Tosafot HaShalem 18:13:1,6 and the Long Commentary of the Tur (18:13) who argue that it is inconceivab
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• Mizmor 24: Ascending God's Mountain/2
  ...City of David as described in Divrei HaYamim I 15.<fn>See also Shemuel II 6.</fn></li> <li>Verses 3-6 were sung as the people reached the Temple Mount, leading them to ask: "who
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• Selection of the Priests and Levites/2
  ...the word Kohanim here refers to the same people as it does in the rest of Tanakh:&#160; Aharon's sons who have already been appointed.<fn>Cf. the opinion of ...e in their stead.&#160; These sources might explain that the redemption of Bemidbar 3 does not imply a substitution of service, but simply a redemption of the
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• Literary:Structural Devices/0
  ...asing at the beginning and end frames the unit of festivals.<fn>See Ramban Bemidbar 30:1 who notes this.</fn></li> <li><b>Work of the Levites</b> – Bemidbar 4:24-28, which discusses the tasks of the Gershonites, both opens and close
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• Miryam's Critique of Moshe and his Cushite Marriage/2
  ...questioning of Moshe's worthiness to lead. According to them, the book of Bemidbar tells the tale of a Moshe besieged by serious challenges to his authority f ...nd a questioning of his worthiness to lead. According to them, the book of Bemidbar tells the tale of a Moshe besieged by challengers from within his own famil
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• Yitro – Religious Identity/2
  ...epending on the branch of Islam. R. Saadia uses it consistently throughout Tanakh when translating the word <i>kohen</i>.</fn></point> ...of the deity being served (for e.g. <i>kohanei Yisrael</i> is not found in Tanakh, only <i>kohanei Hashem</i>). Thus, since in our case, Yitro is called the
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• Philosophy:Miracles/2
  <p>Rambam and Ralbag attempt to minimize the supernatural events of Tanakh, suggesting that Hashem attempts to preserve natural order as much as possi <p>The number of seemingly supernatural phenomena described in Tanakh is minimized, either by suggesting that the stories should not be read lite
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• Chronological and Thematic Order/2
  ...or differing literary genres. Even when two units do not overlap in time, Tanakh might prefer to arrange certain units thematically, grouping together simil <p>Tanakh will often prefer thematic ordering over strict chronology, juxtaposing rel
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• Why Was the Ark Taken/2
  ...160; Similarly, in&#160;<a href="Yehoshua6-1-5" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 6</a>, the ark plays a role in the battle of Yericho, and in <a href="Shemuel ...">Yerushalmi</a><a href="YerushalmiShekalim6-1" data-aht="source">Shekalim 6:1</a><a href="Talmud Yerushalmi" data-aht="parshan">About the Yerushalmi</a
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• Literary:Redundancy/0
  <p>Tanakh, like many written works, is filled with repetitions. Sometimes verses repe <p>Some cases of repetition in Tanakh might be accounted for by the principle commonly known as a "כלל ופר�
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• בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/en
  ...here was no sin in the union and hence no punishment. The story appears in Tanakh only as a reaction to mythological tales of gods coupling with humans to fo ...erushalmi (Yonatan)</a><a href="PsJBereshit6-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 6:1-8</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targu
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• Annihilating Amalek/2
  ...ce">Bemidbar 88</a><a href="Sifre Bemidbar" data-aht="parshan">About Sifre Bemidbar</a></multilink>, Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan), Targum Yerushalmi (Fragmentar ...fers to one's moral and ethical conduct as a whole.<fn>For other places in Tanakh where this connotation might be implied see Bereshit 20:11, Shemot 1:17, Va
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• Moshe's Misstep and Mei Merivah/2
  ...rce">Bemidbar 20:10-11</a><a href="RHirschBemidbar20-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:12</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. S"R ...ata-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalBemidbar20-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 20:12</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Ab
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• Blessings and Curses – Over Which Commandments/2
  ...ht="source">Bemidbar 1:1</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar3-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 3:1</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. S ...About R. Shemuel b. Meir</a></multilink> on Shemot 12:1, Bemidbar 1:1, and Bemidbar 3:1 where he consistently points out that Hashem marks the location in whic
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• Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh/0
  <h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> ...he subject ("וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם" or "וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה") . At times, though, Tanakh employs a form known as "עבר מהופך",&#160; beginning with the subje
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• Petition of the Two and a Half Tribes/2
  ...urce">Bemidbar 32:13</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar32-16-23" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:16-23</a><a href="NetzivDevarim3-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 3:12</a>< ...data-aht="source">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar32-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:2</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About
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• Literary Devices – Shemot 18/0
  ...ee <a href="LIT$">here</a> for a general discussion of Character Titles in Tanakh.</p> ...y times that Moshe's name appears in the chapter (18:1(2x), 2 (2x), 5(2x), 6, 7, 8, 12(2x), 13(2x), 14, 15, 17, 24, 25, 26, 27). However, whether or no
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• "עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן" – An Eye for an Eye/2
  ...thumbs and big toes in <a href="Shofetim1-6" data-aht="source">Shofetim 1:6-7</a> as a repayment in kind for his doing the same to other kings.<fn>Cf. ...R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RHirschBereshit9-6" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:6</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. S"R Hirsc
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• Dictionary:עָרֹב/0
  <p>The word "עָרֹב" appears in only three places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot8-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:16-28</a>, <a href="Tehill ...rom the word עֶרֶב (evening).<fn>Rashbam cites prooftexts from Yirmeyahu 5:6 and Zephanyah 3:3, and see also Bereshit 49:27 and Chavakkuk 1:8. [The mea
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• Nature of the Chatat/2
  .../a><a href="RambamHilkhotShegagot5-6" data-aht="source">Hilkhot Shegagot 5:6</a><a href="MorehNevukhim3-46" data-aht="source">Moreh Nevukhim 3:46</a><a ...hilological Analysis", Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies 6:1 (1973): 299-300, that there are several words in Biblical Hebrew, such as
  35 KB (5,281 words) - 11:47, 28 January 2023
• Tzara'at/2/en
  ...ata-aht="source">7:5</a><a href="Bemidbar Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bemidbar Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TanchumaTazria10" data-aht="sou ...items. The various sources attempt to link each suggestion with a case in Tanakh where someone committed that sin and was afflicted.&#160; However, in many
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• Commentators:R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)/0
  <content>Tanakh and Talmud commentaries</content> ...uestion in Loudun (<a href="RashbamBemidbar30-2" data-aht="source">Rashbam Bemidbar 30:2</a>).</fn></li>
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• Sale of the Birthright – A Fair Deal/1/en
  ...to</a></multilink> who amplify this point. Finally, compare Bereshit 25:5-6 which details how Avraham gave his entire estate to Yitzchak; no parallel t ...serve Hashem, becomes clear only when they are replaced by the Levites in Bemidbar 3. According to some exegetes, the firstborns realized this role in the of
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• MiMachorat HaShabbat/2
  ...amaritans nor the Karaites assume that the revelation at Sinai occurred on 6 Sivan, they had no incentive to set Shavuot on that date.&#160; [The Karait ...e usage and dating of the term in <a href="Bemidbar33-3" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:3</a>.</fn>&#8206;&#8207; i.e. Sunday, the 15th of Nisan, allowing the n
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• Nature of the Asham/2
  ...bar 5:7-8</a> and&#160;<a href="ShemuelI6-3-8" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 6:3-8</a> as evidence.<fn>R. D"Z Hoffmann notes that the root in general ofte ...n defiled by the dead (<a href="Bemidbar6-9-11" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 6:9-12</a>).</fn> are also cases of "theft" or sacrilege of the holy requirin
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• Crossing of Yam Suf 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 ...i Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaVayehi6" data-aht="source">Beshalach Vayehi 6</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About the Mekhilt
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• Purpose and Placement of the Incense Altar/2
  <point><b>Evidence of this atoning role</b> – Several passages in Tanakh support the notion that the Incense Altar and and the offering of incense h ...Aharon atoned for the nation (<a href="Bemidbar17-9-13" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 17:9-13</a>).</li>
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• Why Were Nadav and Avihu Killed/2
  <point><b>Biblical parallels</b> – Several stories in Tanakh recount similar punishments for breaching boundaries:<br/> ...and the ark</b> – In <a href="ShemuelII6-6-7" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 6</a>, Uzza touched the Ark to ensure that it did not fall.&#160; Despite his
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• Dictionary:Changing Meanings/0
  ...ty with the contemporary usage of a word influences the way one interprets Tanakh, as one might not recognize that a word's definition might have evolved, be ...are several words whose meaning might have changed from one period within Tanakh to another:</p>
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• Mizmor 145: Transcendence and Immanence/0
  ...or: #0000ff;">Stanza 1</span>: Transcendence: Hashem's Greatness (verses 3-6)</li> <li><span style="color: #0000ff;"> Stanza 1</span>&#160;– In verses 3-6 the root "<span style="color: #0000ff;">גדול</span>" appears three time
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• David/0
  ...n>The word is difficult to define as it appears in only one other place in Tanakh, Tehillim 42:8.</fn> and what role did it play in David's plan?</p><ul> ...y's walls). This might be supported by the word's only other appearance in Tanakh, "תְּהוֹם אֶל תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּו
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• Purpose of the Plagues/2
  ...data-aht="source">12:3</a><a href="ShemotRabbah13-6" data-aht="source">13:6</a><a href="ShemotRabbah14-3" data-aht="source">14:3</a><a href="Shemot Rab ...ource">Shemot 7:17</a><a href="NetzivShemot8-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:6</a><a href="NetzivShemot8-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:18</a><a href="Net
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• Commentators:R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)/0
  ...ntervention during the second Maimonidean Controversy (see Iggerot Kannaut 6).</fn> R. Shemuel HaSardi,<fn>Many of Ramban's responsa were sent to him.</ ...EM21-13" data-aht="page">21:18</a>, <a href="Commentators:Ramban's Updates/Bemidbar#BEM35-14" data-aht="page">35:14</a>, Devarim <a href="Commentators:Ramban's
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• Moshe/0
  ...arshan">About R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a></multilink> compares this phrase to Bemidbar 12's statement, "פֶּה אֶל פֶּה אֲדַבֶּר בּוֹ וּמ� ...ata-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="SfornoBemidbar16-22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:22,24,26</a><a href="SfornoDevarim34-11-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 34
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• בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/he
  ...here was no sin in the union and hence no punishment. The story appears in Tanakh only as a reaction to mythological tales of gods coupling with humans to fo ...אסוטו</a><a href="UCassutoBereshit6" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto Bereshit 6</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">אודות פרופ'
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• Commentators:R. Avraham ibn Ezra/0
  ...al, "Abraham Ibn Ezra's Scholarly Writing: A Chronological Listing", Aleph 6 (2006): 13-55,&#160; Ibn Ezra wrote commentaries on Kohelet, Esther, Iyyov, ...al, "Abraham Ibn Ezra's Scholarly Writing: A Chronological Listing", Aleph 6 (2006): 13-55.</fn></p><ul>
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• Dictionary:Cognates and Loanwords/0
  ...such as Tehillim 50:10, "כִּי לִי כׇל חַיְתוֹ יָעַר" (meaning חית יער) or Bemidbar 24:3, "נְאֻם בִּלְעָם בְּ<b>נוֹ</b> בְעֹר" (meaning ...:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East" data-aht="page">Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</a>.</li>
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• Yiftach's Vow/2
  ...fice to be&#160; human.&#160; All occurrences of the phrase "יצא לקראת" in Tanakh describe an encounter between two or more humans, and never speak of an ani ...>Devarim 12:29-31</a> and <a href="Mikhah6-6-8" data-aht="source">Mikhah 6:6-8</a>.</fn> and he did not even realize that such a sacrifice would be view
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• Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah/2/en
  ...commentary regarding Marah is fully consistent with his interpretation in Bemidbar and with his interpretation of "חֻקָּיו" in Shemot 15:26.<br/> ...t of Rashi is also consistent with his interpretations of Shemot 15:26 and Bemidbar 19:2.<br/>
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• Duration of the Egyptian Exile/2
  ...aht="source">Bereshit 15:16</a><a href="Hoil6-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:18</a><a href="HoilYehoshua7-1" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:1</a><a href=" ...full 430 years. To do so, they must posit that Moshe's genealogy in Shemot 6 omits several generations and includes only the more prominent personalitie
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• Why Did Yonah Disobey Hashem/2
  <point><b>Comparison to Eliyahu</b> – The only other case in Tanakh in which a prophet appears to successfully effect change in the people is E ...ource">Yonah 3:5</a><a href="RadakYonah4-1-12" data-aht="source">Yonah 4:1-6, 10-11</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Dav
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• Grammar:Number/0
  ...שמים באמונה".</fn>&#160;<a href="Bemidbar9-6" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 9:6</a> (וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים),&#160;<a href="Devarim22-23" data-a ...ּ אֹתִי אֱלֹהִים – See Rashi that this need not be troubling, for often in Tanakh, the word "Elohim" or other terms referring to masters and figures of autho
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• Reward and Punishment/2
  ...evarim 4:15</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim22-6" data-aht="source">Devarim 22:6</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim32Introduction" data-aht="source">Devarim 32 In ..."source">Devarim 5:25</a>, <a href="Devarim6-24" data-aht="source">Devarim 6:24</a>, and <a href="Devarim12-28" data-aht="source">Devarim 12:28</a> (non
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• Yaakov's Parting Words to Shimon and Levi/2
  ...ress to Shimon and Levi, commentators mine the various episodes throughout Tanakh in which the two tribes play a part, searching for which stories best fit Y ...of Levi</a><a href="TestamentsofthePatriarchsLevi6" data-aht="source">Levi 6</a><a href="Testaments of the Patriarchs" data-aht="parshan">About Testamen
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• Test/2/en
  ...he parallel case in&#160;<a href="Shofetim6-11" data-aht="source">Shofetim 6:11</a> in which an angel appears to Gidon to instill in him confidence in h ...es</a></multilink> who maintains that all visions of an angel described in Tanakh (including this story) occurred in a dream or prophecy. For more, see <a hr
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• Test/2/he
  ...he parallel case in&#160;<a href="Shofetim6-11" data-aht="source">Shofetim 6:11</a> in which an angel appears to Gidon to instill in him confidence in h ...es</a></multilink> who maintains that all visions of an angel described in Tanakh (including this story) occurred in a dream or prophecy. For more, see <a hr
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• Wrestling With Angels and Men/2
  ...he parallel case in&#160;<a href="Shofetim6-11" data-aht="source">Shofetim 6:11</a> in which an angel appears to Gidon to instill in him confidence in h ...es</a></multilink> who maintains that all visions of an angel described in Tanakh (including this story) occurred in a dream or prophecy. For more, see <a hr
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• Avraham's Guests – Angels or Men/2
  ...status.<fn>See&#160;<a href="MelakhimII6-18" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 6:18</a> where Elisha the prophet also blinds his enemies. A Karaite commenta ...approach does not explain why Avraham is not referred to by name until 18:6.</point>
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• Yaakov's Blessing of Yosef/2
  ...זז also appears in <a href="ShemuelII6-14-16" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 6:14-16</a>, where Michal observes David being "מְפַזֵּז וּמְכַ ...similarly does not interpret the words of Yaakov to Shimon and Levi in 49:6 and to Yehuda in 49:9 as making any reference to the sale of Yosef.</fn> be
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• Purpose of the Mishkan/2/en
  ...ource">Shemot 25:2</a><a href="RYBSShemot25-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 25:6</a><a href="RYBSShemot25-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 25:18</a><a href="RYB ...</a><a href="RambanBemidbarIntroduction" data-aht="source">Introduction to Bemidbar</a><a href="RambanToratHashem" data-aht="source">Derashat Torat Hashem Temi
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• Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins/2
  ...they attempt to present composite theories of how Divine justice works in Tanakh and throughout the course of history.</p> ...source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalShemot20-5" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:5-6</a><a href="ShadalDevarim24-16" data-aht="source">Devarim 24:16</a><a href=
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• Purpose of the Pesach/2
  ...ch appears in Shemuel II 24:16. See also Bereshit 19:13-14 and Yechezkel 9:6-8 which similarly refer to death or destruction (using the root of שחת) ...ffmannRaayotMakhriot" data-aht="source">Raayot Makhriot Neged Wellhausen p.6</a><a href="RDZHoffmannShemot12-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:12-13</a><a
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• Purposes of the Egyptian Bondage/2/en
  ...root ענה which links the stories of Bereshit 15–16 (appearing in 15:13, 16:6,9, and numerous times in the story of the actual slavery in Egypt), it woul ...with the festive context and atmosphere of the event.<fn>See Bereshit 15:1,6,7,18-21. The Ma'asei Hashem further suggests that had the prophecy to Avrah
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• Nature of the Bondage/2
  ...rs to a labor tax.<fn>This seems to be the way the word is used throughout Tanakh.&#160; In several places, a labor force is explicitly mentioned as part of ...</fn> which is clearly not the case.<fn>See Shemot 12:37 and the census in Bemidbar 1 which counts all males over the age of twenty.</fn>&#160; Moreover, whene
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• Sale of the Birthright – A Fair Deal/2/en
  ...that the food was provided before the sale. See <a href="Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh" data-aht="page">Past Perfect</a>, though, that the form also sometimes mer ...:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East" data-aht="page">Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</a>.</fn> However, Rashbam does not account for t
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• Bizarre Prophetic Commands/2
  ...ם" applies to the whole book.</fn> and not while awake.<fn>See Bemidbar 12:6, " וַיֹּאמֶר שִׁמְעוּ נָא דְבָרָי אִם יִה� ...helorhood (an unmarried public figure was probably a rarity in the time of Tanakh). As such, his actions prompted questions and served their prophetic functi
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• Channah's Prayer/2
  ...er rather than songs of thanksgiving.<fn>See, for instance, Bereshit 20:7, Bemidbar 21:7 and Devarim 9:26. However, see also Shemuel II 7:27 where the root app ...t><b>Watching over the righteous</b> – According to Targum Yonatan, verses 6-9 focus on the rewards and punishments of people in the World to Come.</poi
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• "לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ"/2
  ...לֹא תִשְׁחֲטוּ בְּיוֹם אֶחָד" (Vayikra 22:28) and "שילוח הקן" (Devarim 22:6-7).<fn>These laws similarly deal with a mother animal and her son and appea ...of "חֲלֵב" might be supported by <a href="Bemidbar18-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 18:12</a>. However, the word "אִמּוֹ" as a reference to the tree is s
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• In-laws/5
  <h1>In-law Stories in Tanakh</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit27-41" book="English Bereshit" ref="27,41,43" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/27.41$$e1">
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• The Prophet from Beit El/2
  ...>גדול הוא קידוש ה' מחילול ה' - מלכים א' פרק י"ג - סיפר ופשרו</a>", Megadim 6 (1988): 55-85.&#160; The approach outlined below relies heavily on both sch ...'s responses to Balak in&#160;<a href="Bemidbar22-16-22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22</a>. Reis suggests that the latter is very similar to our story as Bilaa
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• Purpose of the Sacrifices/2
  ...tinMartyrDialoguewithTrypho19-6" data-aht="source">Dialogue with Trypho 19:6</a><a href="JustinMartyrDialoguewithTrypho22-111" data-aht="source">Dialogu ...e the Mishkan</b> – Ramban challenges this approach from the characters in Tanakh, such as Kayin and Hevel, and Noach, who brought sacrifices when no idolatr
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• Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh/5
  <h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit1-29" book="English Bereshit" ref="1,29" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/1.29$$e1">
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