Author: Ben Zion
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Levanon – lecture 9
What is so special about the “Cedars of Levanon” and what do they symbolize? We will look at prayers and verses in the Bible where the Cedars of Levanon are mentioned, and we will examine the interesting relationship between the cedar and the hyssop. Why did Bilaam bless Israel to be like “cedars on water”?…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 12
The connection between Yam Hamelach and Beit Ha-Mikdash The final meaning of Yam Hamelach Israel is a land without superlatives. Except, in the case of, Yam Hamelach. This symbolizes the connection between the highest spiritual place and the lowest place in the world. Yam Hamelach expresses the great destruction expected when we leave the covenant,…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 11
The Dead Sea: A Prophecy of Re-Creation. The prophets’ descriptions of the transformation of the wilderness into a blooming garden. According to the prophets, the water will come from the Temple after an earthquake, in accordance with ancient evidence that there is much groundwater under the Temple Mount, and recent research that an earthquake is…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 10
Yam Hamelach symbolizes the physical transformation of the land in accordance with the spiritual state of the people. Mark Twain describes the destruction of the land (exactly in accordance with the prophecy in Parshat Haazinu: “The foreigner who will come from a far country”) as a punishment for leaving the covenant. And we will see…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 9
Where is “Goren Ha-Atad”, where Jacob was eulogized? And how is this related to “Beit Hogla” and the size of Yam Hamelach at that time? Where is “Gey Melach” (Salt Ravine), which is mentioned as a battlefield in the days of King David and how does this place once again prove the exact correspondence between…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 8
“And the border went north to the tongue of Yam Hamelach” – what is this “tongue”? When you read in Tanach about the borders of the tribes near Yam Hamelach, according to today’s Yam Hamelach, many questions arise. The geological findings on the Yam Hamelach sea level in the days of Joshua, shed a different…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 7
In this lecture we will see how all the findings fit together: The geological findings on Yam Hamelach sea level, the archaeological findings from the city of “Numera”, and the Tanach itself. Everything leads to the fact that what was called “Yam Hamelach” at the time of Matan Torah, was called “Emek Ha-Sidim” in the…
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Levanon – lecture 8
How far North into Levanon did Joshua conquer? We will analyze the maps and get to know “Baal Gad”, which is called today: “Baal Bek”. Once – the northern border of the Land of Israel, and today an important center of Hizbollah. What is special about the “Baal Bechi Garlic” mentioned in the Mishnah? Is…
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Levanon – lecture 7
What is the northern border of the Promised Land? Southern Turkey or Rosh Hanikra? And what will happen according to the Torah and the prophets in the future? How far will the borders reach then? And how does all this connect with the day we start asking for rain – 7th of Heshvan – the…
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Yam Hamelach – lecture 6
Yam Hamelach and Hanukkah! Who is “King Jonathan” mentioned on coins from the Hasmonean period found near Yam Hamelach? And why are there hundreds of coins in an ancient fortress on the shore of Yam Hamelach – “Meitzad Kidron”? What was this fortress used for in the Hasmonean days? And how is all this related…