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Author: Ben Zion

  • Be`er Sheva – lecture 2

    Be`er Sheva – lecture 2

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    After we proposed as an initial assumption that Be`er sheva symbolizes the turning to other nations, we will see how this characteristic of the city is expressed in the geographical map of the city in the topographical map – being in an area of water wells and also in the map of the tribes. And…

  • Be`er Sheva – lecture 1

    Be`er Sheva – lecture 1

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    Introduction to Be`er Sheva and connection to Rosh Hashanah We will follow the special connection of the three patriarchs with Be`er Sheva. Ahat is so special about this city in the lives of the patriarchs? We will try to clarify the special connection of Be`er Sheva to Rosh Hashanah. Why – in the two-day Torah…

  • Derech Hayam – lecture 13

    Derech Hayam – lecture 13

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    To understand why it is important for the Bible to state that King Yoshiyahu was killed at Megiddo, we will explain the historical and geopolitical background of the period. We will read the first historical testimony of the Battle of Megiddo by Thutmose III, found in an ancient inscription that recounts the war in detail.…

  • Derech Hayam – lecture 12

    Derech Hayam – lecture 12

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    We will begin learning about the next stop on “Derech Hayam”: Megiddo. We will learn why Megiddo is so important in biblical times? We will learn about various events that occurred there and are told about in the Tanach, and as usual we will ask – what is the Tanach trying to teach us by…

  • Derech Hayam – lecture 11

    Derech Hayam – lecture 11

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    Two symbolic and irrelevant stories in “Afek” and both for the same purpose. The story of the beaten prophet and the story of the beaten arrows, both are related to the idea of ​​”Afek” – disobeying the word of God and his prophet. Both came to teach an important message about combining divine action and…

  • Shilo – lecture 15

    Shilo – lecture 15

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  • Shilo – lecture 14

    Shilo – lecture 14

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  • Derech Hayam – lecture 10

    Derech Hayam – lecture 10

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    One last battle in Afek during the time of King Yoash and the prophet Elisha, in which Yoash violates the prophet’s words and does not completely defeat his enemy. This enables us to summarize the message that emerges from all the Afek stories – in all of them there is a motif of not listening…

  • Derech Hayam – lecture 9

    Derech Hayam – lecture 9

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    An interesting connection to this week’s parsha (Shelah) and current events: Just as God did not take the Israelites by the coast so that they would not experience war and be afraid, so perhaps Moshe told the spies to go up the mountain and not to reach the coast so that they would not experience…

  • Shilo – lecture 13

    Shilo – lecture 13

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    Why does the Tanach give such a central place to Eli’s sons in the story of Shilo? We know that they were wicked and perhaps because of their sins Shilo was destroyed, but did Eli himself also have responsibility here? The prophet says harsh things to Eli and predicts punishment that will come upon him…