Hebrew Culture, Stories and Curiosities

Tweet This week while walking on the beach I noticed a respected crow that was minding its own business, so engaged and self confident it was, that it didn’t even blink when I approached. Our friend, the crow on the shore, … Continue reading →

Tweet Once upon a time there was a sad wealthy man and next to him lived a happy poor man. As wealthy as the rich man was, as great was his envy at the poor man’s happy life. Sukkot came, and … Continue reading →

Tweet In the previous post , we discussed the first six months of the Hebrew year according to Genesis or the creation of the world. In this post we shall continue the discussion about the remaining six Hebrew months, not before mentioning that … Continue reading →

Tweet The Hebrew year includes the moon cycle and the sun cycle. The moon year has 355 days Gematria of שנה (year in Hebrew), while the sun year has 365 days as the same number of tendon (שס”ה) we have in … Continue reading →

Tweet The Mission Moses was requested to ask the Egyptian King, Pharaoh, to let the people of Israel  go out from Egypt and worship their lord in the desert. After a long negotiation that concludes the ten plagues, the sons … Continue reading →

Tweet  The Plot We are all familiar with the story of Binding of Itzchak עקדת יצחק Ake’dat Itzchak as being told in Genesis 22. Avraham takes his son Itzchak יצחק to sacrifice him to God on one of Jerusalem’s mountains. On the way to … Continue reading →

Tweet We all send blessings cards for birthdays, holidays, new year evenings and promotions at work: Nowadays we might use much more “sophisticated ways” and tools like email, sms, Facebook or twitter account, send videos or music files, but the … Continue reading →

Tweet In our times when we bridle hi-technology, computers, software and huge data base to absorb climate-change and forecast weather reports, we can estimate when rain or storm will come and we behave accordingly. Not so long ago about 3000 years ago, … Continue reading →

Tweet Three weeks before Rosh Hashna ראש השנה (The beginning of the new Hebrew year) I would like to unfold a story that we read every year in this time. The core story deals with Avraham and is very famous … Continue reading →

Tweet The answer seems obvious, right? Of course not! But the book of Genesis, and the commentaries known as midrashim have a different take on it. When the sons of Israel are going down to Egypt to break the hunger, Israel (former … Continue reading →