[Imagine . . . the last book of the Torah of YHWH was closed with the final warning about adding to or subtracting from the Sinai Revelation. The Israelites were reminded over and over about keeping the Law, choosing Life, motivated by the blessings for obedience, and passing on to the future generations all that […]
[Imagine . . . the last book of the Torah of YHWH was closed with the final warning about adding to or subtracting from the Sinai Revelation. The Israelites were reminded over and over about keeping the Law, choosing Life, motivated by the blessings for obedience, and passing on to the future generations all that […]
Read more[This is a wild guess, but there must have been 8 or more pharaohs throughout the whole 430 years that the Israelites were destined to live in Egypt. Why 8 and not 5, wouldn’t the pharaohs have enjoyed longevity just like other biblical figures? They could, if they followed the biblical diet. A […]
Read moreIn the first article on Biblical Diet, I mentioned a great source book that should be in every family library: The Maker’s Diet, by Dr. Jordan Rubin. The following excerpt from Dr. Rubin’s book is intended to whet your appetite enough to make you want to get your own copy of the book, since […]
Read more[Commentary by EF/Everett Fox, THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. Reformatted for this post.–Admin1.] PART I THE DELIVERANCE NARRATIVE (1-15:21) The first part of the book of Exodus is presented as a continuation of the Genesis narratives, by abbreviating the genealogy of the immigrant Yaakov from Gen. 46:8-25. We find here the same centrality of God, the […]
Read more[Translation w/commentary is by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; additional commentary from RA/Robert Alter, and REF/Richard Elliott Friedman. A reminder about the commentary from P&H/Pentateuch and Haftorah, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz; this resource book is as invaluable as the others; however, the commentators often go beyond what is stated in the text, making presumptions and logical conclusions. It is […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses; in practice, we usually present the chapter text with as little interruption as possible except for S6k side comments, for the first reading; then follow this up with the same chapter complete with the regular commentaries we have constantly featured, to further aid readers’ in understanding cultural, historical, […]
Read more[Translation and commentary by EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses. Additional elected commentary from RA/Robert Alter, and Pentateuch and Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H.Hertz, and REF/Richard Elliott Friedman, Commentary on the Torah.] Exodus/Shemoth 1 [REF]The book of Exodus tells the story of the birth of a nation in slavery and ends with the nation’s establishment of its own […]
Read more[Translation: EF/Everett Fox, The Five Books of Moses.] At the conclusion of Genesis 50, Joseph, his brothers and an Egyptian entourage journeyed from Egypt to Canaan to bury Jacob in the cave of the Machpelah field . . . then they returned to Egypt. The brothers then realized that with their father gone, Joseph might still […]
Read moreThis chapter concludes the Book of Beginnings. A commentator noted how gloriously this book began with the Creator speaking “In the beginning . . . “ and how the book sadly ended with this final phrase: “a coffin in Egypt.” Thus ends the story of the patriarchal stage in the formation of a people ‘set […]
Read more[For gentiles like us to read these blessings, we feel like someone eavesdropping on a phone conversation where we can hear only one side and we don’t know what they’re talking about. What is Jacob referring to in some of these blessings? We don’t dare make bigger fools of ourselves, this is where we defer […]
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