Category: levanon

Before his death, Moses ascends Mount Nevo and sees the entire Promised Land. But, he doesn’t really see as far as the Euphrates River, and he doesn’t see Levanon… what does that tell us? We will provide evidence for the claim that there really is a difference between the borders of the land in the…

The idea that the mentions of Levanon refer to the “Beit Hamikdash” (the Holy Temple) seem to be a midrashic interpretation. Let’s go back to Moses’ words – “This good mountain and Levanon” and try to offer another explanation. What did Moses mean by the word “this”? Was he pointing to a particular mountain? Perhaps…

Chazal (the Sages) say that Moshe`s request to see “Levanon” is actually, referring to… the “Beit Hamikdash”, the holy temple. We will examine different explanations for this surprising statement. Surprising, because the Temple did not yet exist at the time of Moshe…

Is Levanon part of the land of Canaan? Sidon (name of a city in Lebanon) is the first-born of Canaan, yet he is never mentioned among the nations of Canaan in the Torah? Why does Moshe ask to enter Israel to see “the good land” and… Levanon? Why does he single out Levanon? Isn’t Levanon…

Introducing: Levanon. Is Levanon part of the land of Israel? Did Yehoshua capture Levanon? and which Israeli king married a Lebanese princess? View the Kahoot game, introducing questions and answers referring to Levanon