If you’re like me, then you enjoy learning new things. I especially enjoy discovering something I didn’t know existed before, and all the more so if it has to do with something I’ve studied in depth. This recently happened to me. While working on a new project, I happened to come across a passage in […]
That Time the Talmud Taught That the Angel of the Lord Was the God of Israel
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The Rainy Month of Marcheshvan and the Return of the Messiah
February 28, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Months in the Bible are almost always referred to by their ordinal numbers: the first month, the second month, and so on. A notable exception to that rule is the eighth month, which is also called Bul in 1 Kings 6:38. Bul (בּוּל) derives from the same root as mabbul (מַבּוּל), the name for Noah’s […]
The Ten Commandments Were Written on Sapphire Tablets From God’s Throne
June 15, 2014 by 62 Comments
The majority of Christians think of the Ten Commandments as being inscribed on tablets of grey stone. However, rabbinical Judaism as found in the Talmud and Mishnah teaches that the tablets of the law were made of sapphire.[1] This was done to point to God’s creation in the heavens and to His throne. The Talmud […]
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