Spies and Espionage in the Hebrew Bible
Yesterday we mentioned that our weekly Torah portion talks about the story of the spies Moses send to the land
Yesterday we mentioned that our weekly Torah portion talks about the story of the spies Moses send to the land
In Biblical Hebrew, one can find two different words to describe the verb ‘to spy’. One of them can be
Yesterday we mentioned that there are two different words for ‘spying’ in Biblical Hebrew. The first word ‘La-Tur’ {לתור} which
When the Bible tells us about the famous story of the spies, who went to explore the land of Canaan,
The main topic of ‘Parashat Korach’ {פרשת קורח} (the weekly Torah portion of ‘Korah’) is Korah’s rebellion against Moses and
Our weekly Torah portion begins with the following verses: “Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of
Yesterday we explained the background of Korah’s rebellion. The main trigger of the rebellion was the appointment of Elizaphan, the
Korah and his company complained about the leadership role of Moses, or in other words, they challenged Moses and
If one would ask a native Hebrew speaker to describe a person who has great wealth, one would hear the
In the Jewish literature, what Korah and his company did is not considered as a ‘rebellion’ but rather as ‘Machloket’