by hadassah | Jan 29, 2024 | Mystical Speculation
Zohar—Opening of Zohar Rabbi Hizkiyah opened, “It is written, as a rose among thorns.” (Song of Songs 2:2) What is the Rose? It is the Congregation of Israel. Because there is a rose, and there is a Rose. Just as the rose among the thorns is tinged with red and...
by hadassah | Jan 28, 2024 | Mystical Speculation
Title Page of the Mantua Edition of the Zohar Title page of first edition of the Zohar, Mantua, 1558. Library of Congress. What do you want to know? Ask our AI widget and get answers from this website Create Account Contact...
by hadassah | Jan 28, 2024 | Study of the Bible
Commentary of Rashbam to Gen. 22-1-2 ויהי אחר הדברים האלה, whenever we find the construction אחר הדברים האלה what follows is conceptually immediately following what has been reported immediately before. Examples are found in 15,1 after Avraham had killed the...
by hadassah | Jan 28, 2024 | Study of the Bible
Commentary of R. Solomon ben Isaac (Rashi) to Gen. 22-1-2 אחר הדברים האלה AFTER THESE THINGS [or, WORDS] —Some of our Rabbis say (Sanhedrin 89b) that it means after the words of Satan who denounced Abraham saying, “Of all the banquets which Abraham prepared not...
by hadassah | Jan 28, 2024 | Study of the Bible
Commentary of R. David Kimhi to Gen. 22-1-2 ויהי אחר הדברים האלה, after what happened to Avraham with Avimelech and as a result of his pact he had resided among the Philistines for many years, so that he had decided to migrate to Beer Sheva. At that point he...
