Questions tagged [covenant]
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Shevuah worded in the negative
I've been bothered for a long time: Throughout Tanach, shevuos (oaths) and brisos (covenants) are phrased in the negative (where it doesn't just say, I swear __, like בי נשבעתי ___). Generally ...
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The second Brit - Parashat Ki Tavo - three set of stones? (Rashi)
I am little confused trying to understand a Rashi. To Devarim 27:2, Rashi explains that there are three "memorial stones" of this ratification of the Brit between Israel and G-d. I don't see ...
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Is it wrong to expect rewards for observance?
Many commentators have told us to perform the commandments for their own sake, out of love, not for the purpose of receiving rewards. The Rambam summarized this exhortation as follows :
"When I ...
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Does the covenant with Abraham affect any of his children besides the children of Jacob?
If God established the covenant he made with Abraham first with Isaac, and then with Jacob, does that covenant have any effects at all upon the other children in the family of Abraham such as Ishmael ...
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A prophet from the seed of Ishmael is necessary to fufill Genesis 17:7?
In Genesis 17:7 I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after ...
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Different language with regards to establishing Bris
Throughout Chumash, there are a few different terms that are used to describe, broadly, the "establishing" of a Bris. Those words are כורת, והקמותי, and והיה. What are the different ...
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The Sandek being called the 'ba'al bris' and not the Mohel
I received the following excerpt from a friend that comes from HaRav Moshe Wolfson's shlita (the Mashgiach of Mesvita Torah Vodaas) Emunas Itecha:
Translation:
And with this we can understand that ...
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A question on reciting the Veshamru
The Torah says:
וְשָׁמְר֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֛ת לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃
בֵּינִ֗י וּבֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל א֥וֹת הִ֖וא לְעֹלָ֑ם כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים ...
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Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers [duplicate]
Looking at this phrase from Jeremiah 31:31-33: I wondered what it means when it says: "New" and "Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers". What's new about ...
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Which chag also celebrates or renews a brit or similar?
What do our rabbis of blessed memory say about Shavuos, or any chag that celebrates the purposes of that chag as well as at the same time celebrates or renews a previous brit or similar? From shul I ...
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How is כֹּרֵת בְּרִית interpreted as "make" instead of "cut"?
וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)
And Targum translates similarly:
"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"
Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "...
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To serve, the biggest command?
Looking at the basis for our covenant with G-d, I noticed G-d said to Avraham (Bereshit 17:1): “Walk before Me”, which is sometimes understood to mean: “Serve Me”. And also (Bereshit 17:9): “You shall ...
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Can a Jew enter into personally made covenants with Hashem and are these held to the same standard as the true Jewish covenant?
I'm curious if there exists the ability for a Jew to challenge themselves and their faith to Hashem by creating new obstacles which don't actually exist in Jewish law.
I was reading about the ...
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