Questions tagged [ezra-the-scribe]
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Is there a particular reason Ezra HaSofer name is spelled with an “א” instead of with a “ה”?
In 1st Chronicles 4:17, a man from the tribe of Yehudah by the name of Ezrah is listed as follows:
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And
she bore Miriam, and Shammai, ...
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Why did it take so long for Ezra to notice the intermarriages?
In Ezra 7:8 it says Ezra and the people who made aliyah with him arrived in Yerushalayim in the fifth month. In 8:32-33 it says they rested for three days and on the fourth were ready to count the ...
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Did Ezra abrogate the Mosaic Law in Num. xviii. 21,(according to Yeb. 86b, Ḥul. 131b)?
According to http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/636-abrogation-of-laws
The ancient rabbis claimed authority, not only to make new provisions and to establish institutions as a "hedge&...
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Status of Torah written in Ksav Ivri written before Ezra Hasofer
The gemara in Sanhedrin 21 brings a discussion regarding what script the Torah was givin . One opnion holds that the Torah was given in ksav Ivri (luchos prob given in ksav ashuris according to all). ...
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Ezra HaSofer and the text of the Pentateuch
I am an italian gentile believer in HaShem, who observes the precepts of Noah as taught by the Creator in the Holy Torah.
I ask for your response on the following question:
If I understand ...
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Have Jews believed that Ezra was the son of God?
In reading the Qur'an, I noticed this passage:
Qur'an 9:30 The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah ." That is their statement from their ...
