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Was Eve created for rescue rather than assistance?
Gen.2.18 says Eve was created to be "Ezer K'Negdo": "וַיֹּאמֶר י"א לֹא־טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ אֶעֱשֶׂהּ־לּוֹ עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ׃".
I looked up the usage of עזר in the ...
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In Bereshit 1:1, does בָּרָא suggest "made out of nothing" or simply "gave a form to"?
Disclaimer: I don't know Hebrew.
In Bereshit 1:1, does בָּרָא suggest "made out of nothing" or simply "gave a form to"? I have heard it suggested that it implies "creation out ...
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Vayimaen (וימאן) Connection
The word וימאן is mentioned 3 times in Sefer Bereishis
Where Yaakov refuses to be consoled over the supposed death of Yosef (37:35)
Where Yosef refuses the advancement of Eishes Potifar (39:8)
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Is the Medrashic understanding at the Akeidah applied elsewhere?
In Bereisheet 22:2, Hashem commanded Avraham וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ה to "raise [his son] up as a sacrifice." Rashi explains that the language was never that Hashem demanded an actual ...
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Why are the words for "heavens" and "waters" so similar?
Genesis 1:9 mentions waters and heavens: "הַמַּ֜יִם מִתַּ֤חַת הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙".
The words "mayim" (waters) and "shamayim" (heavens) are very similar.
Is this a coincidence, ...
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