Mezuzahs are cases containing Bible verses, to be affixed to a doorpost, as explained at this site: http://www.jewfaq.org/signs.htm#Mezuzah. They are literal responses to this passage from Deuteronomy: God’s words, affixed to the doorposts. Barker, in his article, writes, “Pious Jews...
On the evening of June 13, 2013, as my wife and I sat down for supper, the phone rang. It was 6 o’clock. I knew intuitively who it was. Jumping up to answer the phone, after saying “Hello” I heard these words, “Mr. Merritt I wish I had good news for you, but you have...
Psalm 119:130 The law is a luminous sanctuary that fills souls with its clarity (see Ps 73:16f) when it is explained to them. Explanation: literally, “opening.” Psalm 119:131 Open wide my mouth and sigh: same image as in Job 29:23. Psalm 119:132 The psalmist asks for the Lord’...
which has been very variously explained. Some renderbrandedorcast a stigma on—i.e.,brought discredit on the Divine name. The LXX. and Vulg. have “exasperated,” and so some moderns “crossed,”“thwarted.” Grätz emends to “asked signs from,” but perhaps the ideas of marking somet...
6-19 could be readily explained if this is the psalmist’s enemies’ curse on him. However, it is much more natural to understand vv. 6-19 as the psalmist’s prayer against his enemies. There is no introductory quotation formula in v. 6 to indicate that the psalmist is quoting anyone,...
(which use their broad feet to propel themselves underwater) and “dabblers” (which typically tip forward to submerge their heads into the water), and these categories are due to those respective ducks’ eating habits (as will be explained below). Of course, to confuse matters a bit, ...