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interpretation of parts of Tanach by close reading, not derivation
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Reference to future Kings of Edomites in Breishit 36:31
Similar to the Ibn Ezra's view brought by @JoelK, Rabbi Alexander Hool wrote in an article titled "Who Was The Pharaoh of Yetzias Mitzrayim?", published in Ami's Double Pesach Issue, and which I surmi …
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"as is still the case"; in Devarim 3:14
Besides for the answer @Chatzkel brought, I'm aware of two other answers:
As I wrote in that answer of mine that @DoubleAA linked in the comments, there are some commentators - such as the student of …
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Why was Avshalom riding a donkey into battle?
The verses use the word "פרד" which means mule. There's some evidence that mules were used in ancient times both as mounts for important people and as war steeds and even chariot-animals. See here for …
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Why is the end of Tehillim 60 the same as the end of Tehillim 108?
R' Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi in his commentary on Tehillim, Ho'il Moshe, wrote on ch. 108:
"מזמור זה הוא מקצת סי' נ"ז ומקצת סי' ס' מחוברות יחד, ונראה ברור שאיננו עיקר, רק חוברו יחד שני חלקיו לסבה לא נ …
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Where were Yaakov's sons buried?
As stated by @Gershon Gold, the locations are disputed. The following is the version from Sefer Seder Ha'dorot:
ויקברו את ארונות מטות אבותיהם בנחלת בניהם, את ראובן וגד בעבר הירדן ברומא, ושמעון ולו …
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Where was Malkitzedek of Jerusalem at the time of the Akedah?
Malkitzedek was no longer Kohen Gadol at the time, as it says in Nedarim 32b:
"Rabbi Zekharya said in the name of Rabbi Yishmael: The Holy One, Blessed be He, wanted the priesthood to emerge from She …
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Plural and singular in Shmuel 2:24:14
In Shmuel 2:24:14 it says:
"David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the LORD, for His compassion is great; and let me not fall into the hands of men.”"
King David c …
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Why does the listing of returnees in Ezra change from families to territories?
Malbim on the verse writes:
"בני בית לחם, אלה שהיו כולם ממשפחה אחת אף שישבו בכמה ערים צרף מספרם ע"ש ראש המשפחה, ואם לא התקבצו ממשפחה צרפם ע"ש העיר שגרו שם תחלה."
Translation: "The sons of Beit Leche …
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Bilam: a prophet/magician?
That Bilam was a prophet is stated in a number of sources, such as Bava Batra 15b:
"... Seven prophets prophesied to the nations of the world, and they are: Balaam and his father Beor..."
Other sour …
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What happened to Canaan during the famine after Yaakov et al went down to Egypt?
Dr. Yitzchak Meitlis suggests an answer in his book Parashat Derachim, pp. 126-130. Here's a summary:
The Netziv's answer is difficult because the Torah literally says: "But the famine in the land was …
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Metzudat David on Nechemiah 6:12
I was debating with a chavruta today how to understand the following explanation from Metzudat David. The verse in Nechemiah 6:12 says:
"Then I realized that it was not God who sent him, but that he …
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Were the Jews aware of their fate?
I would venture to say that this is another sign, albeit a little more subtle one, of the delegitimizing they went through when Haman was in power: Their separate language is ignored. All part of the …
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Rabbinic changes in the Septuagint (Megillah 9a) - facts or fables?
As I wrote in the comments, the modern Septuagint we have today is not the one made by the 72 elders. This is more so true for the Septuagints of the Prophets and Writings, which weren’t even translat …
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Who is דישון? Contradiction in 2 verses
According to Da'at Mikra, it's not a contradiction. On verse 36 they write that there were two Dishons and one Dishan. On verse 21 they write that Dishon was a common Horite/Hurrian name. There are ma …
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Who is Filwarg?
According to Yehudah Leib Fleischer, in his series of articles on super-commentaries on the Ibn Ezra's commentary which appeared in Otzar Hachaim (this specific one appeard in year 14, vol. 11-12), R' …
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