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Kiddush Hashem and Amalek
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Nicholas of Cusa and the Jewish concept of Echad
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Nicholas of Cusa: Influences and Origins
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Queen Esther: A Character Outline – [Judaic Scholar AI]
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Israelites, Amalek, and Jung’s Shadow
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The Kabbalistic Trees Triads – the birth of Israel and the Mathematical revelation of Hashem
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The Talmudic Concept of Machshava מַחְשָׁבָה
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Judaic Scholar Demonstration Biography – Timna (תִּמְנַע)
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Zodiac Signs and the Tribes of Israel
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Mashiach ben Yosef in Judaism
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Fuzzy Logic and Jewish Theology
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Hellenism’s Influence on Abrahamic Religions
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The Ten Utterances in Jewish thought and how Christianity thinks about them
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Major Hebrew Texts – A Guide
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Talmudical Hermeneutics – The Rules of Interpretation
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Tisha B’Av Sadness and Promise.
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Angels as Verbs in the Grammar of Creation
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The Nature of Good and Evil: A Jewish Perspective
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The Divisive Hubris of Supplicatory Prayer or Alignment to Divine Will
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The Torah is not Linear – Challenging the linear perspective of history / understanding the enduring significance of the Torah.
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Sefer Ha-Zohar [The Book of Splendour] Skeletal Outline
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Why Rachav.org? – Ancient wisdom freely available to those who are searching…
In an increasingly interconnected and multicultural world, the study of diverse intellectual traditions becomes not only a matter...
Unveiling Hidden Dimensions in the Book of Rut(h)
The Book of Rut(h) [רות] may initially seem to be a simple narrative focused on the devoted relationship...
Why Read the Kuzari
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Free will – Bechirah Chofshit (בחירה חפשית)
A complex topic in Jewish philosophy and theology – “Bechirah chofshit” translates to “free will” in English, with...
Equivalence of Form – Hishtayut HaTzurah
Equivalence of Form is a fundamental principle in Kabbalistic and Chassidic thought, rooted in the idea that spiritual...
The Spiritual Ladder
This “spiritual ladder” is an important concept in Jewish thought, particularly in Mussar (Jewish ethical and spiritual development)...
The Timeless Wisdom of Mishlei: A Guide for Modern Living
Mishlei, known in English as the Book of Proverbs, stands as a cornerstone of wisdom literature in the...
The Likkutei Amarim Tanya – and its Relevance to Modern Jewish Thought
The Likkutei Amarim, commonly known as the Tanya, is a seminal work of Hasidic philosophy written by Rabbi...
An Outline of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes)
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Divine Unity and Cosmic Paradox: Jewish Mysticism and Nicholas of Cusa’s Philosophy
The concept of divine unity has long been a central tenet of monotheistic religions, yet its implications often...
The Scapegoat and Rachav – Related through a Scarlet Cord
The story of Rachav (Rahab) and the scarlet cord in the biblical account of Jericho (Joshua 2, 6)...
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Rachav [Rahab] of Jericho: Redeeming the Infamous Through Mythological Symbolism
In the biblical account of the conquest of Jericho found in the Book of Joshua, a seemingly minor...
The Fall of a City using Sound…
In the Tanach, the use of sound to cause a city to fall is recorded in two instances,...