Posted by Navah on Feb 1, 2022 in The Messiah
In rabbinic tradition, Metatron is the unique Messenger of the Presence of the Eternal, the one who bears the Tetragrammaton and guided Israel through the wilderness to Mount Sinai. According to the rabbinic sources, this Messenger of the Presence (literally, the Faces) has been entrusted by the Creator to run the universe according to natural laws. In some rabbinic works, he is called also “Metatron Mashiach”, or the Anointed Metatron. The messianic expectation...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 31, 2021 in The Patriarchs' Saga
The story of offering Yitschak as a human sacrifice is perhaps the most discussed part of the entire Hebrew Scripture. Avraham had longed to have a son for twenty-five years. When the promised son was finally born, his love for him must have grown from year to year. But when he was suddenly commanded to sacrifice his son with his own hands, he must have felt in a state of a profound confusion. And who would not have? But what is perplexing though is that Avraham did not...
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Posted by Navah on Oct 23, 2021 in The Patriarchs' Saga
Ishmael and Israel are the sons of Avraham and the founding fathers of two great nations. Each of them fathered twelve sons, who became the backbones of two peoples: Arabs and Israelites. While Ishmael and Israel took two quite different and even opposite turns in their development as nations, they share some common traits. As sons of the common ancestor Avraham, they have much in common. Both nations are regarded as Semites, the descendants of Shem son of Noach, and as...
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Posted by Navah on Sep 9, 2021 in Bible Study
How many of us realize that there are uninspired pages in the Bible whose authors are unknown. As surprising as this may sound to many, there are indeed two pages that were not inspired. These uninspired pages were not written by any of the prophets or by the disciples. The first page reads “The Old Testament” and is placed just before Gen 1:1 and the other reads “The New Testament” and is placed before Mat 1:1. The intelligent reader knows that...
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Posted by Navah on May 30, 2021 in The Origin
Do we know how the first man and woman were created? The Creator first created man from the dust of the earth and then from his rib He created the woman. The Tanak commentators understand that the narrative of the creation of man and woman in Gen 1:27 and Gen 2:21 refers literally to one of Adam’s ribs from which the woman was created: the Creator put man to sleep, took one of his rib, and in what appears to be “genetic engineering” He created the woman....
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Posted by Navah on Jun 10, 2020 in The Messiah
In the Scripture, there is a messenger of YHVH whose name remained hidden in secret. He appeared only at key points in the world history and his hidden identity had never been revealed to men. Who is this messenger who said, “Why do you ask My name, it is hidden?” From the Canon and Apocrypha, we know the names of YHVH’s messengers such as Micha’el (Who is like El), Gavri’el (Might of El), Rapha’el (Healing of El), Phanu’el or...
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Posted by Navah on Jan 5, 2020 in The Patriarchs' Saga
Who are the forgotten matriarchs of Israel, and why have they been forgotten in the first place? Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel are the matriarchs of Israel, and they have their honorable place in the nation’s history, as every Shabbat in the synagogues around the world the Jewish women are blessed in the name of “Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel”: “May the Lord make you like Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah!” But why only in the names of the four...
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Posted by Navah on Dec 10, 2017 in The Patriarchs' Saga
Something odd happened when Ya’akov (Jacob) remained alone that night: Jacob wrestled with an angel until the breaking of the day. What did exactly happen when Jacob wrestle with an angel of YHVH? Was that wrestling at all? Twenty years went by and Ya’akov left the land of Paddan Aram where he served Lavan his father-in-law (Gen 31:41). He headed for the land of Canaan with all his household, servants, and livestock. On his way the messengers of Elohim joined...
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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 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 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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Posted by Navah on Mar 13, 2026 in Bible Study
It is generally accepted that Aharon, the brother of Mosheh, was the first High Priest of Israel. But is it so? At first glance, Aharon appears to be the first High priest, but a closer examination shows that much of the text of the Torah and Tanach has been overlooked. It is the object of this work to seek the answer to this question. A careful reading of the Tanach, the Hebrew Scripture, will show that there was another one who was rightfully acknowledge as the first...
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