Questions tagged [tanach]
An acronym of "Torah" (Five Books of Moses), "Neviim" (Prophets), and "Kesuvim" (Writings). The three books together form the "Written Torah".
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Are there also strong admonitions against the wealthy in the Jewish Bible?
In Christianity, there are several passages containing warnings or even threats directed at wealthy individuals, cautioning them about the state of their souls. For instance:
Mark 10:24:
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What happened to Torah she be al peh in the generations before Yoshiyahu HaMelech?
I get the impression from learning about Yoshiyahu HaMelech that the country as a whole almost entirely forgot about the Torah altogether in the previous generations, until he discovered the Sefer ...
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What are verses that clearly state that tribal lineage comes from the father? [duplicate]
I am trying to find verses in Tanakh that state that the tribal lineage comes from the father.
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Examples of practical hishtadlus in Torah/Nevi'im
What examples are there of practical hishtadlus in Torah and Nevi'im? Two come to my mind immediately - Yaakov Avinu splitting the camp 3 ways before meeting Esav, and Moshe Rabbeinu fleeing ...
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Looking for examples in Tanach where a list of people changes order
For example Noach and family - entering and exiting the teiva, the listing is different after, from which we learn that marital relations were temporarily forbidden while on the teiva.
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Why did Hagar go back?
This one has bugged me for a long time. Why would Hagar go back to a pressured existence especially when she was told that her son would become a wild man and a thief?
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What should one do if one sees a Tanach placed/shelved beside another religion's text?
For example, a Tanach is being sold in a bookstore and it's placed right beside a New Testament/Christian Bible and a Quran. What should one do? Should one buy the copies to preserve its sacredness?
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Is there anyplace online where I can find the te'amim for Iyov, Mishlei, and Tehillim?
Is there anyplace online where I can find a reliable recording for the te'amim for Iyov, Mishlei, and Tehillim?
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Is this idea (dictation model of Torah) by Rambam heretical/blasphemous/idolatrous?
Rabbi David Bigman in his article The Dictation Model of Torah Revelation
convincingly argues that the idea of Torah being entirely dictated to Moses, and then preserved over the generations (...
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Prophecy about the destruction of the second temple?
Are there any prophecies about the destruction of the second temple?
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New Mikraot Gedolot - Chorev Publishers [closed]
I am looking for reviews on the somewhat new Mikraot Gedolot from Chorev Publishers
How is the quality of the print? Is it clear and easy to read for most people? There is a lot of information packed ...
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Source for the practice of messianic interpretation of calamity
I seem to recall a Rashi somewhere in Nach which explains a Pasuk as praising B’nei Yisrael, who see every calamity that befalls them as heralding Mashiach.
Can anyone source this?
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Was Migdal bavel a rocket ship? [duplicate]
I seem to remember hearing somewhile ago that the tower of bavel was a rocket. What is the source that migdal bavel was a "rocket"; or some thing that would fly up to the sky instead of the ...
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Are there online sources for learning Te’amim of Tehillim?
Are there any online sources for learning how to read the Sephardi Te’amim of Tehillim? While I can find recordings, I can’t find any list or descriptions of the exceptions and such—for example, when ...
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There were foreigners living in the Holy Land during the times of the Monarchy. Were they Noahides? If not, why didn't Israelites convert them?
Often throughout the Tanakh, you will see references to foreigners living the Holy Land, e.g. in Leviticus 19 I think.
Were these foreigners Noahides, and if not, why didn't they convert them so that ...
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Genesis 22:18 ‘the seed’ include the Moshiach?
Genesis 22:18 speaks about Abraham’s descendants:
וְהִתְבָּרְכוּ בְזַרְעֲךָ כֹּל גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַעְתָּ
בְּקֹלִי׃
and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; ...
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What day of the year did David buy Har Habayis?
Does anyone know if there are any sources regarding the date David Hamelech stopped the plague by bringing karbanos in the field of Aravnah HaYevusi? It would seem that this should be considered a ...
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Wives of Shem, Cham, Yafes
If everyone in the world was so corrupt that the world needed to be destroyed and rebuilt, where did Shem, Cham, and Yafes find women to marry?
Do we know their names?
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Why did people in biblical times live for so long?
The Tanakh records many instances in which people lived exceptionally long lifespans, some even nearing 1,000 years old.
There tends to be a trend in the recorded ages, in that the earlier generations ...
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Status of books printed by the "Society for Distributing Hebrew Scriptures"
There are ostensibly a bunch of Christians who want to encourage Jews to learn Torah and keep mitzvot because they believe that will bring the Moshiach, so they have a Tanach they have printed and ...
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Nikkud of the word ים
Why in Tanach, does the word יָם always have a Komatz, even when נסמך/connected to the next word, such as יָם המלח and יָם פלשתים and even when attached with a מקף such as יָם-כנרת (Bamidbar 34:11) ...
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Quote Torah verses only in full?
Over the years I read in many places that a Torah verse must be quoted only in full, not partially. Is this true? What is the source? At any rate, wasn't the division of the Torah in verses done by ...
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The Watchers in Judaism [duplicate]
My wife asked me if there were any opinions that the B'nei Elohim that slept with the daughters of men were actually angels. In one of her Torah commentaries it said there was no such opinion. I ...
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Why did the tribes of Israel fail the first few times when they went to war with Benjamin
Why did The tribes of Israel fail the first few times trying to go to war with Israel even after God said to go.
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Who actually rested on the seventh day? Was it Memra or G-d, blessed be He?
Targum Neofiti states the following:
“On the seventh day, the Memra of the LORD completed his work which he had created, and there was Sabbath.” (Genesis 2:3; Targum Neofiti)
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Slicing up a cake with a verse written on it
Is it allowed to write a verse on a cake or slice such cake up? In your answer please bring sources!
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What is the origin of the Bible code theory?
What is now known as gematria has been practiced since the earliest days of the Hebrew alphabet.
The 22 (a significant number in itself) letters were used to record not just linguistic but also ...
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If we have full copies of the Torah in an unchanged form (Dead Sea Scrolls), why don’t we revert our Torah scrolls back?
We have found very old Torah scrolls, which were named the Dead Sea Scrolls. These scrolls are some of the oldest Torah scrolls out there; however, there are some discrepancies between these ancient ...
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Proverbs 17:9 confusion on the alienation of friends
"He who seeks love overlooks faults, But he who harps on a matter
alienates his friend" - Proverbs 17:9
What does this verse mean exactly? I take it as those who love one tend over look ...
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Another contradiction? How can numbers be different if it is divine? 1 + 1 = 2 always?
24And the king said to Aravnah, "No; for I will only buy it from you at a price; so that I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt-offerings [which I had received] for nothing." And David ...
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More contradictions in the torah
Another contradiction? Not a divine religion?
My first post -
Contradiction in the torah? Please explain this. I have heard many times that a divine book can not contradict
Huram sent him, under the ...
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Contradiction in the torah? Please explain this. I have heard many times that a divine book can not contradict [duplicate]
Melachim II (II Kings) - Chapter 8
26Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he reigned, and one year he reigned in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
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What kinds of vegetables did Adam eat in the Garden?
In Bereshit 1:29-30, Adam is told that vegetables were allocated for him to eat for food. However, is there any information as to what vegetables Adam was permitted to eat, specifically whether Adam ...
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What if David was fed?
I came across a lecture by Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak, and he stated that Jonathan, as much as he loved David as a best friend, should have fed him when he shot the arrows past him to signify he should ...
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Incongruencies in splitting of chapters into pesukim
So a few Shabbatot ago, I was reading an interesting book. The item I was reading was talking about how Shlomo HaMelech was very wise and his wisdom was greater than the Astronomy wisdom of the people ...
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Do Zachariah 14 and Ezekiel 37 claim that the state of Israel will exist before the arrival of the Messiah?
I heard someone say that the task of the Messiah will be to establish Israel as a theocratic monarchy. However, this person claimed that Zachariah 14 and Ezekiel 37 claim that Israel will exist ...
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Can someone explain how the argument about Torah being reliable due to blockchain-style transmission of information works?
I've been reading a document on Sefaria which claims the following:
The transmission of the Torah of Moses until today has worked in a blockchain style format, creating a trustworthy ledger of ...
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Halachically speaking, are painted Egyptian sunk-reliefs that are carved into walls (the outline of a 2D painting) considered to be 2D or 3D (See Ex.)
According to this answer on Judaism StackExchange regarding different rules for what kind of art is allowed, it states that:
There are differences between representation in relief (3 dimensions) and ...
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How does one remove a curse and/or a magical spell that's been placed upon a person/land/lineage/etc? What is the process like?
The Kitzur Shulchan Aruch in סימן קסו - שלא לנחש לעונן ולכשף says that one can go to a non-Jew if they are suffering from an ailment caused by magic, which means that there must be a way to rid ...
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Is there a Jewish database on Tanach syntax?
Westminster is a downloadable version of the Leningrad Codex [version of Tanach], http://tanach.us/Tanach.xml. One thing they have there is a database that includes syntax for all of Tanach. It was a ...
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If Adam and Chava only lived about 5,800 years ago, then how did races end up looking so different from each other in such a short amount of time?
How do we explain how different ethnicities ended up looking so different from each other in such a short amount of time, if Adam and Chava only lived less than 6000 years ago?
Did Hashem make it that ...
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Which political system is the one most promoted/considered generally "correct"/optimal in the Torah & Jewish sources? [duplicate]
The Torah discusses kingship and G-d, blessed be He, and the problems that it could lead to. There is of course the infamous kritarchy (rule by Judges) and the results it produced. However, I've seen ...
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Difficulties with Rashi on Mishlei 8:23
Rashi quotes a pasuk (נסיכי בני אדם) supposedly from Yechezkel 35, but its really a pasuk from Micha 5:4 (נסיכי אדם) without the word bnei. Is there any explanation (with evidence) for this besides a ...
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How many times does the word "Chesed" (in singular or plural forms) appear in Tanach?
How many times does the word "Chesed" (in singular or plural forms) appear in Tanach? I've heard somewhere that the number is 248, but I cannot confirm this.
If it is 248, it would be an ...
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Does the soul of a child have relation to the souls of their parents? How does the pre-creation of souls impact the parent-child soul relation?
When parents have a child, is the soul of the child related to the soul of their parents? Some mystical teachings say that a soul is composed of multiple components. From this, I think that it might ...
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Navigating the Bible II
Does anybody know what happened to "Navigating the Bible II"? It used to be hosted in bible.ort.org, but it's gone. I understand it featured cantor Moshe Haschel. It was a great resource. I ...
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Is it apikorises to believe dinosaurs existed?
Is it apikorises to believe dinosaurs existed? I know that scientists say that dinosaurs existed millions of years ago, but that may be potentially controversial, since the Jewish calendar doesn't go ...
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Can someone translate this Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel?
Can someone translate this Targum Jonathan on Ezekiel 40:5?
וְהָא שׁוּרָא מִבָּרָא לְבֵיתָא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר וּבְיַד גַבְרָא קְנֵי מְשַׁחְתָּא דְחַד מִנְהוֹן שִׁית אַמִין בְּאַמְתָא דְהִיא אַמָה ...
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What is the order of the Great Hallel (Hallel HaGadol)?
Psalm 136, the Great Hallel (Hallel HaGadol), is a series of praises of Hashem. It is ordered starting with the wonders of creation, moving onto taking us out of slavery, followed by the miracles ...
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What did the animals eat before Adam prayed for the trees to grow?
We learn in chullin 60b that the trees and herbage only began to sprout on the third day and that they only grew fully when Adam prayed for the rain (Genesis 2:5). If none of the plant life grew yet, ...
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