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When Moses gave his speech to Israel before they entered the Promised Land the Bible tells us the following: “Beyond

The famous Seven Species that the Land of Israel was blessed with perpetually are mentioned in our weekly Torah portion: “For

Yesterday we talked about the ancient nation of giants – the Rephaim (רפאים). The discussion about the Rephaim opens a window

“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments

Even though the Hebrew meaning of the word ‘Torah’ is ‘teaching,’ the Hebrew verb for ‘teaching’ (‘Melamed’ ‘מלמד’) will make its

Tomorrow’s ‘Parashah’ (weekly Torah portion) is ‘Va-Etchanan’ {ואתחנן} (Hebrew for ‘and I pleaded’). This is the second ‘Parashah’ in the

In the weekly Torah portion, we can find the following interesting phrase: “But the LORD has taken you and brought

One of the most important and well-known Hebrew prayers is Shema Yisrael {שמע ישראל} ( Hear, O Israel ). This

Our weekly Torah portion (‘Shofetim’) opens with the following verse: “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns

Today we will talk a bit about the structure of the Hebrew verb system in order to better understand the