Ephrathites, such as David both from Ephraim as Yehudah? 3 Looking at the words Ephrathite and Ephraimite (אפרתי) they have the exact same spelling From the website doitinhebrew com the dictionary even said: ‘Ephraimite; inhabitant of Ephrat (ah) ’ This reminded me of Beit Lechem the homeground or ancestral home of both Elimelech and Naomi, who are called Ephratites in the book of Ruth (1:2)
tanach - Was King David from the tribe of Ephraim? - Mi Yodeya Samuel 17 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among me
Why was the Urim V’tumim given to the Kohen Gadol? Why was control of the Urim V’tumim given to the Kohen Gadol? What’s unique to the K”G that it had to be so? Especially given that a large part (if not the bulk) of its usage was to determine whether
history - What happened to the genealogical records of the tribe of . . . The genealogical records of Jerusalem were not destroyed when the Temple was destroyed Genealogical records are cited in the Mishnah (for example Yevamot 4:13) and Midrash (Bereshit Rabba 98:8), from the generations following the destruction Needless to say, the genealogical records in the beginning of the book of Chronicles (which go a few generations after Zerubbabel) were also extant
pikuachnefesh danger life - Lets Kill Hitler - Mi Yodeya There is a popular moral question - if you had access to a time machine that was capable of allowing you to do so, should you go back in time and kill Hitler when he was a child, before he had a ch
Sacred vs Holy: why the same word in Hebrew? - Mi Yodeya I think part of the issue with the question is that the terms "holy" and "sacred" are not clearly enough defined in distinctly different ways On the Wikipedia page, there appears the following distinction: Holiness is generally the term used in relation to persons and relationship, whereas sacredness is used in relation to objects, places, or happenings A couple of lines later, the same
Why was Moshes name erased in Parshas Tetzaveh? It is further interesting that Moshe's name was erased from Tetzaveh which primarily discusses the role of the Kohanim - something that Moshe wasn't chosen for An interesting question arises why? Moshe was seemingly Hashem's best placed representative for such a service? Furthermore, it should be noted that brother and sibling rivalries are a regular theme throughout the Torah: Cain Hevel