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Jan 18 |
answered | What are the symbols of the 12 tribes? |
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Jan 18 |
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What are the symbols of the 12 tribes? Oops! I must have missed seeing these. @Benjamin, I've posted them below. msh210, we don't really know! They were connected to the hoshen in some way, and were used as a sort of oracle in answering simple questions. They may have been stones (e.g. one white and one black), or small tablets of wood or stone. The idea is that you could ask the question and then draw one, or let one fall out. More than that we don't know... We're not even sure which is "yes" and which is "no". |
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Jan 17 |
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What is a person's consciousness in the next world? @Ariel, no, Danny was correctly citing the gemara in BT Sukkah 52a: the righteous will weep, saying: "How did we overcome this mountain?", while the wicked will weep, saying: "How were we unable to overcome this hair?" A beautiful teaching. |
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Jan 15 |
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Quotes about justice in Neviim So the Amos one is not what you're looking for? Sorry! I must have misunderstood the question. Is the Isaiah one closer to what you're looking for? There are a few other similar places in Nevi'im: the tropes of helping the widow and orphan and of abandoning evil deeds are pretty common. One of the main themes of classical prophecy, according to biblical scholars, is that G!d's covenant contains both ritual and ethical obligations ("ritual is meaningless without social justice"), and that gets expressed pretty clearly throughout. I can write another answer about that if you'd prefer. |
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Jan 15 |
answered | Quotes about justice in Neviim |
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Jan 14 |
answered | Why does the book of Ester use the present tense so often? |
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Jan 14 |
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Which books help one acquire a systematic understanding of Biblical Hebrew grammar? I learnt Biblical Hebrew from that book (and from Pr. Brettler himself)! I highly recommend it. It is up-to-date with the latest scholarly understandings of BH grammar, Semitic linguistics, etc... And it explains everything in a clear-to-follow and not overly-jargonly fashion. |
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Jan 13 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Jan 11 |
answered | What ancient sources discuss the meaning of Psalm 22? |
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Jan 11 |
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What ancient sources discuss the meaning of Psalm 22? Rashi is circa the 11th century CE. You will probably not find anything BCE - the earliest rabbinic commentaries began emerging around the end of the Second Temple period, in the first century CE. The abbreviations refer to Midrash Tehillim, an early medieval commentary on Psalms, and Megillah, a masekhet in the Babylonian Talmud. In a few minutes I'll post a comment with those sources. |
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Jan 11 |
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What are the symbols of the 12 tribes? Re: the names of the stones (also relevant to Shalom's answer below), my father writes in his book (soon to published by Berman House!): "most of the biblical Hebrew names cannot be identified with any certainty; there is virtually no agreement among translations and commentators. Many translations do not reflect the most current biblical scholarship, and most identifications, are at best, educated guesses... MH bareqet (emerald) and yahalom (diamond) were almost certainly not their original meaning." If people want, I can post the modern identifications of each stone (as a separate comment?) |
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Jan 11 |
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Is one allowed to have a tattoo of G-d's name removed? This is a fascinating source. My question, for those more well-versed in such things: if it's not talking about a tattoo, what is it talking about? What circumstances would lead to someone having a Sacred Name written on their body? |
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Jan 11 |
answered | What are the symbols of the 12 tribes? |
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Jan 10 |
answered | What is the earliest commentary we have that recognized Hell as a place for cleansing the soul? |
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Jan 10 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jan 10 |
answered | Prominent Spanish Language Rabbinic Works |
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Jan 6 |
answered | What does the word לאַטקעס (latkes) mean? |
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Jan 4 |
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Where can I find a professionally typeset pdf siddur suitable for mobile viewing? What a nice thing to say! I will pass it along to him — he might just take you up on that... |
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Jan 3 |
answered | Where can I find a professionally typeset pdf siddur suitable for mobile viewing? |
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Dec 31 |
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What's the meaning of “Hashmal” (electricity in modern Hebrew) in the bible? (Ezekiel 1:4) Whew! Thanks. I've been reading the site for weeks but I've been too intimidated to post anything... I hope it has enough sources and all that. I added another one that I just found. |
