Posted by Navah on Nov 3, 2026 in Hebrew Study, The Patriarchs' Saga
Psalms 122:3 states: “Yerushalayim that is built like a city that is joined together”. In classical rabbinic literature, the name Yerushalayim (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם) is written and pronounced in a plural form. If we want to understand what the Hebrew word Yerushalayim means, we must pay attention to how the Hebrew language and culture defines it. The Chazal (the Rabbinic Sages) explain this grammatical feature through deep theological concept rather than linguistic...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 31, 2026 in The Patriarchs' Saga
The term “circumcision” does not appear in the Hebrew Scripture until the end of the Torah Portion Lech Lecha, “Go for yourself” (Genesis 12:1-17:27), wherein it was first established as a sign of an eternal covenant. There are two commandments in the Torah which are called “sign” between the Creator and Israel. They are: the commandment of circumcision and the commandment of observing the Sabbath day. The patriarch Avraham was commanded in this Torah portion to perform...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 24, 2026 in Bible Study
There are five who were called by their names before they were even born. Two of the five appear in the Torah portion Lech Lecha, “Go for yourself”, (Genesis 12:1-17:27). In order of their appearance, the five Biblical characters are: Ishmael, Yitschak, Shelomoh, Yoshiyahu, and Koresh. Regarding Ishmael, Avraham’s son, the angel of the Eternal said to Hagar, the servant of Avram’s wife Sarai: Behold, you are with child and shall bear a son. And you shall call...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 18, 2026 in Bible Study
When reading the weekly Torah portion Noach (Genesis 6:9-11:32), there is good reason to ask why the Creator chose the Deluge as the instrument with which to punish mankind, rather than any other means at His disposal. But there is also good reason to ask why the Torah lists the age of Noach (the second Adam). And the reason for this is that it enables us to count back to when human history started with the creation of the first Adam. At first reading, Torah portion Noach...
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Posted by Navah on Sep 30, 2026 in Bible Study
Nowhere in the Hebrew Bible is there an explicit reference to the author of the final chapter of Torah which ended with the death of Mosheh. It seems unlikely that the Torah has remained silent concerning the identity of the one who has recorded the death of Mosheh. Although the Scripture never refers to the author of Deuteronomy 34 by name, the conclusion of the Torah with the death of Mosheh implies it in the Book of Joshua, 1 & Kings, and Daniel, and in some of the...
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Posted by Navah on Sep 17, 2026 in Prophecy Insight
At first glance, the Torah portion Ha’azinu, “Give ear” (Deuteronomy 32:1-52) looks like a conclusion of Mosheh’s last address to the nation of Israel. But a closer examination shows that there is much to it than that. It is difficult to imagine the picture which floated in Mosheh’s mind when he wrote this Torah portion, for he was thinking of a future state of the nation of Israel but in images drawn from his present world. Centuries later, another great...
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Posted by Navah on Sep 6, 2026 in Bible Study
If one plays dice, at long run he can expect that the ration of favorable versus unfavorable numbers can be equal. If however, he casts only unfavorable numbers, while someone else enjoys only favorable ones, we can suspect that there is an “inside job”, that is to say, someone has control over the dice, and the outcome has been predetermined. What do we mean by that? We will explain it in our study of the weekly Torah portion Va’yelech, “And he went out”...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 12, 2026 in Bible Study
The idea that King Solomon was of African descent is based on the old English translations of the Song of Solomon that rest primarily on how a specific passage—most notably “I am black, but comely” in The Song of Solomon 1:5–6—has been translated and interpreted over time. In the issue of translation, there is a common mistake made when it is asserted that the English text properly and correctly renders the Hebrew. We will try to show that the question of how this phrase is...
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Posted by Navah on Aug 2, 2026 in Bible Study
Israel is the land of natural marvels unique only to her, like the saltiest sea, which is also the lowest point on the earth, that is the Dead Sea, Grand Canyon that resembles the Grand Canyon in the U.S., six distinctive climate zones, and two deserts (the Judean Desert and the Negev Desert). Israel is widely referred to as the “Start-Up Nation”, because it produces more start-ups and attracts more venture capital per capita than almost any other country. With...
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Posted by Navah on Jul 5, 2026 in Bible Study
In the Torah portion Pinechas (Numbers 25:10-30:1), we read about the second census of the families of Israel. Unlike the census in Numbers 1, wherein the old generation that came out of Egypt was counted, here in Numbers 26 the census recorded the new generation that was about to enter the Land of Kena’an. In the record of this census we are given to know that there was a certain man named Tselophechad who had left no sons, but five daughters. No less than three...
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Posted by Navah on Jun 14, 2026 in Prophecy Insight
The President of the U.S. of America Donald J. Trump made his plan for peace in the Middle East known as “Trump’s Gaza Plan”. According to the “Gaza plan”, the “Palestinians” are to be relocated to other countries, after which the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip for the purpose of rebuilding it to become what Trump called the “Riviera of the Middle East” (Riviera is the coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France that contains some of Europe’s most...
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Posted by Navah on May 6, 2026 in Prophecy Insight, The Messiah
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) is the fifth book of the Prophets and is known for its visions of universal peace and renewal. Yeshayahu’s standing as a prophet is second only to that of Mosheh. All other prophets received their prophetic visions via intermediators, while Yeshayahu received his directly from the Eternal One. He is known for both prophesying the doom of Israel but also its redemption as a nation. The prophecies in his book are composed in complex poetic language, using...
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