Author: Ben Zion
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Levanon – lecture 23
Tyre and Sidon – in which tribe’s inheritance were they? In Jacob’s blessing to his sons, it is explicitly mentioned that Sidon is in Zebulun’s portion. But in the book of Joshua we see that the tribe of Asher received Sidon! Surprisingly – the answer is related to…the prophet Jonah. According to the Sages, he…
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Levanon – lecture 22
Joshua cursed the Gibeonites to work in the Temple. What happened many years later that caused King David to prohibit the Gibeonites from joining the Israelite Nation? And will the people of Tyre and Sidon also be removed from their role in building the Temple in the future? We will see what the prophets say…
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Levanon – lecture 21
Will the people of Tyre participate in the building of the Third Temple? How does all of this relate to Noah’s curse of his grandson – Canaan? And how does this curse relate to the curse that Joshua cursed the Gibeonites – that they would be…workers in the Temple!
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Levanon – lecture 20
We will offer an explanation for the repeated use of the name Hiram and what it teaches us about the Jews. New discoveries about King Hiram will provide us with an explanation – why Hiram and Solomon are called brothers. It turns out that they really were relatives! We will explain why it is really…
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Negev – lecture 9
After all the explanations we saw for Moshe’s instruction – “Go up to the Negev”, we understand that the Negev is a place of preparation, progress and dealing with difficulties towards reaching a goal. I will share my family’s story of immigrating, which also began in the Negev! The next stage in the “Book of…
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Negev – lecture 8
Three beautiful explanations for Moshe’s command to the spies – “Go up to the Negev”. The first is based on the Gemara, which says that the goal was to follow in the footsteps of Avraham. Can we follow in Avraham’s footsteps today? The second – the goal was to tour – to see the beauty…
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Levanon – lecture 19
There are two approaches as to what Levanon symbolizes in the Bible: The spiritual approach – Levanon refers to the Temple and spiritual perfection. And the material approach – Levanon represents the physical perfection of the Land of Israel. Perhaps, Levanon represents the perfect combination of spiritual and material, as expressed in the interesting geographical…
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Levanon – lecture 18
We already know that there is a “brotherly” relationship between Hiram and Solomon and that Hiram is connected to the building of Beit Hamikdash. But it turns out that it is more complicated: the Bible tells us about two other people who were involved in the building of the Temple, and each of them was…
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Levanon – lecture 17
There are two approaches as to what Levanon symbolizes in the Bible: The spiritual approach – Levanon refers to the Temple and spiritual perfection. And the material approach – Levanon represents the physical perfection of the Land of Israel. Perhaps, Levanon represents the perfect combination of spiritual and material, as expressed in the interesting geographical…
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Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashana and “Kever Rachel”. “Kol Barama Nishma” – where is “Rama”? and what exactly happened there that is worth mentioning? How is “Rama” connected to Rachel? and what is the real reason for reading about this place and about Rachel on Rosh Hashana?