The Book of Ezra describes how he led a group ofJudeanexiles living in Babylon to their home city of Jerusalem where he is said to have enforced observance of the Torah. Who is the father of Nehemiah? Hachaliah or Hacaliah (חֲכַלְיָה in the Hebrew) was the fat...
The Talmud describes how the Torah was translated into Greek: “King Ptolemy once gathered 72 Elders. He placed them in 72 chambers, each of them in a separate one, without revealing to them why they were summoned. He entered each one’s room and said: ‘Write for me the Torah of M...
All the major Abrahamic religions claima direct lineage to Abraham: Abraham is recorded in the Torah as the ancestor of the Israelites through his son Isaac, born to Sarah through a promise made in Genesis. Christians affirm the ancestral origin of the Jews in Abraham. History Summarized: Abrah...
At thelevayaof the Sfas Emes, his son the Imrei Emes said to his brother: “Our father had a long life even though he passed away at the early age of fifty-eight”. His explanation was that he packed in every day with Torah,mitzvosandruchyniyuswhich made them long. Rav Avrah...