Tanakh and Talmud
The Tanakh is a set of books that are part of the Hebrew Bible. The Talmud, which comprises the Mishnah (Jewish Oral Law) and the Gemara (commentary on the Mishnah) is the written deliberation of Jewish principles.
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KazatskiymeAnswerThe Book of Esther places Esther during the reign of Xerxes, who was king of Persia from 486 to 465 BCE. However, scholars...
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The people wanted a king just as their enemies , and other tribes had one. But the prophet Samuel was very much against this...
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1: Leah was Loved By God Perhaps Jacob started seeing things from God's perspective. Perhaps Jacob saw that the woman God loved...
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The simple answer is that modern-day Jews use the term Hebrew, Jew and Israel interchangeably, which makes Moses a Jew.But...
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Joshua the son of nun succeeded Moses.
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In Modern Hebrew, a female teacher is Morah and a male teacher is Moreh.
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The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) is an acronym for the 3 parts of the Bible:Torah = The 5 books of MosesNevi'im = the ProphetsK'tuvim =...
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Sarah (wife of Abraham, mother of Isaac) Rebecca (wife of Isaac, mother of Jacob and Esau) Rachel and Leah (wives of Jacob,...
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Jewish women do occasionally shake hands with each other. However, within Judaism, there is a concept called 'shomer negiah'....
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The oldest part of the Talmud was first written down around 220 CE, but the information contained in the Talmud is believed to be...
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This is hard to determine since both societies first had an oral history. About 1000 B.C.E. the Rig Veda was written down in...
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AnswerGenesis 11:31 says that Abram's father, Terah took Abram, and his grandson Lot the son of Haran, from Ur in Chaldea to...
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AnswerAmos never claimed to be writing about Jesus, and never mentioned him, either directly by name, or even indirectly. In fact...
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No, he spoke through symbolistic representations, such as the burning bush, and spoke to him on mount sinai.
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Kosher food is food that is in accordance to the rules in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
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Abraham and Isaac climbed mount Moriah.
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It is (basically) the rule book of Judaism as written by Rabbis, pertaining to laws, ethics, customs, and history.
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approximately 2000 BCE to the present. Present day Hebrew are called Jews.
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AnswerThe Bible says that the Israelites numbered 600,000 fighting men. Including priests, women, children, the elderly and the...
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If you eat a meal after havdalah that includes bread, you say motsi, but you do not say kiddush on any weekday unless it is a Yom...
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There were three decks on Noah's ark.
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the Torah was written long after Moses, but the original Torah; the Ten Commandments, were received in the desert after the...
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AnswerUntil the Common Era, there was no systematic way to check the accuracy copies made of of the Hebrew scriptures. Then the...
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Passover, the holiday, celebrates the Jewish Exodus from Egypt. The name Passover refers to when HaShem Himself came to kill the...
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חַוָּה אָדָםAdam and Khawa (who the Greeks call Eve)
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IDF (Israeli Defense Force)
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The bible does not say so but it says they entered in pairs.
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Moses was a shepard. One day a bush caught on fire and it talked. THis was when Moses met g-d.
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No, there is no linguistic evidence that the Israelites ever spent any time in Egypt. In fact the linguistic evidence disproves...
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It was called this because it was the land promised by god to his children, the Israelites, after their exodus from Egypt. The...
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After the water of the Red sea was parted , the Israelites crossed to the other side with their families , cattle and belongings.
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AnswerThe Book of Exodus tells us that the Israelites travelled from Egypt to the Promised Land, but does not provide sufficient...
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There are a number of reasons as to why the Torah is chanted and not just read. Please see the related link for a fantastic...
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Neither God or Lord are names. Both are titles. The only One True God of the Hebrew bible is YHVH (the pronunciation is unknown)....
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Esther ended up becoming queen, in other words, marrying King Acheshveros.
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It is the sacred Hebrew text
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God sent the quails in the wilderness, as food. The Israelites were fed up of eating manna and wanted good food, like they ate in...
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HaShem gave Moses the Esseret HaDibrot (Ten Statements).
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First, they went from Canaan down to Egypt, then they went from Egypt back up to Canaan, later called Israel. They went from...
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They believe that God promised to protect Abraham and his people.
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The spies returning from Jericho acknowledged the difficulties, but had faith that God would prevail over the problems. The other...
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It was Aaron the brother of Moses who helped Moses.
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The tribal affiliations of most Jews has been lost in antiquity. Only a few surnames associated with priestly functions have...
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AnswerMystical teachings that deal with the ideas of creation and concepts of a spiritual nature. Broadly speaking, the Jewish...
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They use a kosher Torah scroll, (one in which the entire text of the Torah has been hand-written, using the proper materials and...
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In very early times, many nations of the Middle East had a chief national god who looked after his people and protected them from...
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Generally, the same way non-orthodox Jews celebrate Passover, except that the tfilos (prayer services) differ. The ritual foods...
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Abraham created judaism and i dont know about balthasar.
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The bible states that the Israelites came to Egypt due to famine in their homeland, and were accepted by the Pharaoh. Later, the...
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A: Isaiah, son of Amoz, wrote of things he saw during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah of Judah. He...
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That which is hateful to you, do not do to others. The rest is just commentary, now go read the commentary.
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Jacob offered Esau a pot of soup in exchange for the birthright. The choice was Esau's, and he made it. He decided that the soup...
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According to a tradition cited in the Midrash, he was born circumcised. But in any case, he was three months old when his mother...
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All of the answers below assume that the biblical story is historically accurate, in that there were any group of people who...
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There is no such thing as a Rabbinical commandment.There are actually several Rabbinical commandments. The Biblical commandments...
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The Torah (the only one there is) comprises five books. Their Hebrew titles: B'reishis, Sh'mos, Vayikra, Bamidbar, D'vorim ...
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His mistake was for not immediately totally destroying the nation of Amalek and all of it's animals.
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AnswerContinuation: Christians have as part of their scripture the old writings of Judaism (called the Old Testament in the...
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People were deported on more than one occasion from the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Tiglath-Pileser III was the first king to...
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Boney M's song "Rivers of Babylon" is based on Psalm 137.
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Yes, both of Moshe's (Moses's) sons were circumcised by his wife. Please see the related link.
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Once the Israelite people had left Egypt, under the leadership of Moses , and Aaron, they walked on to the border of the Red Sea,...
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Lots wife turned into a pillar of salt.
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AnswerThe generally accepted time in Egypt is given as 430 years in Exodus 12:40, but as Genesis 15:13 says 400 years and it is...
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1Kings, ch.91. And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and...
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Devorah was one of the seven prophetesses. Moreover, she set in motion the victory over the Canaanite threat which occured in her...
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The Jewish Bible is called the Tanach. The word Tanach is an acronym made from the names of its three sections: Torah...
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This psalm is written by King David. In this Psalm, David is asking God to protect him. He is calling to God for help and...
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it represented a different god.
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Levi is the son of Jacob and Leah. He became the father of the priestly tribe of Levites.
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The word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew word shabbat which means "to cease." This is because the Sabbath is supposed to be a day...
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Children of the Torah, or Children of instruction.
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The Egyptians, the Persians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Catholic Church, the Cossacks, and the Nazis.
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The bible says Esau was taken up into heaven. Answer:The Bible doesn't state where Esau is buried only that he dwelt in Mount...
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The Hebrew slaves stayed in Egypt, and didn't go anywhere. When they were no longer slaves, they traveled toward the Red Sea...
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The answer to this question is greatly affected by what religon the answerer is. Please see the following views: Jewish Answer: ...
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According to the Talmud, he wasn't there at the time.
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Day 1 - light and darkness Day 2 - separated the vast waters that comprised this earth, leaving a blanket of air between the...
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One who runs great risks or accepts great hardship for the sake of observing the religious laws of Judaism without actually...
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The basic moral behind the story is that God, does not want human sacrifices. Abraham loved god, and would do anything to prove...
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AnswerThe first thing they did, according to the Book of Joshua, was to place twelve large stones on the river bed, so that...
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Rashi is the acronym for Rabbi Shlomo Itzhaki, who was a medieval French rabbi who is remembered for his commentaries on the...
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Exodus 34: 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights: he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote...
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Jewish Answer: The phrase 'The Ten Commandments', although very well known, isn't the actual name. The original Hebrew is 'Aseret...
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only by the power of Heavenly Father.
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The earliest written text concerning kosher food and food preparation appears in the Bible, specifically the book of Leviticus,...
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There is only one 'version' of the Jewish Tanach (Bible). Regardless of where you are in the world, the text will be identical to...
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God appears as a burning bush and tells Moses to go back to Egypt and tell The Pharaoh to let the Hebrews free. And if hey don't,...
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Saul started of as a good king , doing things well in the eyes of the lord, but later he slipped and disobeyed God, Samuel was...
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The Torah is kept rolled up in synagogues.
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There is no evidence that Solomon turned from his sin.
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