Rabbi Amnon Bazak
There are two main approaches to understanding the way in which Moshe wrote the Torah. According to one approach, exemplified by certain midrashim and the...
Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
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After Noah and his family leave the ark, Hashem both blesses them with the promise of offspring and commands them to procreate. In between the blessing...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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From the description that appears in the Torah itself and in the Books of the Prophets, there is no way of knowing how, when, and by whom the Five Books...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
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The term "Torah,” and even "Sefer Torah,” appears many times in Tanakh, but in most cases, the plain meaning of the text is not referring to the Five...
Rabbi Amnon Bazak
The return to in-depth study of the plain text of Tanakh has brought in its wake new challenges: the response to complex questions raised by Tanakh study...
Rabbi Yehuda Shaviv
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The haftara emphasizes the power given to humanity to annul the decree of exile, just like the decree of the flood. It also discusses the dispersion of...
Dr. Tova Ganzel
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The first part of Chapter 45 deals with the division of the land among the tribes of Israel. But the division here is fundamentally different to that...
Part 2 - More Concealment than Revelation
Dr. Tova Ganzel
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The description of the Temple and the city, has some concrete and precise elements, but at the very same time, lacks some very central details. ...
Part 1 - The Temple with God’s Glory in Its Midst
Dr. Tova Ganzel
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The final nine chapters of Sefer Yechezkel set forth a vision of the future Temple. These chapters are rich in detail about the dimensions of the building...
Part 3 - The Nations will Know God
Dr. Tova Ganzel
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God exiled His people because of their sins, and because God’s chose to hide His face. In the pagan world, by contrast, the harm inflicted on a particular...
