ellauri098.html on line 212: SPOILERI: Nun /ˈnʊn/, in the Hebrew Bible, was a man from the Tribe of Ephraim, grandson of Ammihud, son of Elishama, and father of Joshua (1 Chronicles 7:26–27). Nun grew up in and may have lived his entire life in the Israelites´ Egyptian captivity, where the Egyptians "made life bitter for them with harsh labor at mortar and bricks and with all sorts of tasks in the field" (Exodus 1:14). In Aramaic, "nun" means "fish". Thus the Midrash tells: "[T]he son of him whose name was as the name of a fish would lead them [the Israelites] into the land" (Genesis Rabba 97:3).
ellauri152.html on line 555: Haman had 365 counselors, 1/day, but the advice of none was so good as that of his wife, Zeresh. She induced Haman to build a tree for Mordechai, assuring him that this was the only way in which he would be able to prevail over his enemy, for hitherto the just had always been rescued from every other kind of death. As God foresaw that Haman himself would be hanged on some tree, He asked which tree would volunteer to serve as the instrument of death. Each tree, declaring that it was used for some holy purpose, objected to being soiled by the unclean body of Haman. Only the thorn-tree could find no excuse, and therefore offered itself for a tree (Esther Rabbah 9; Midrash Abba Gorion 7 (ed. Buber, Wilna, 1886); in Targum Sheni this is narrated somewhat differently).
ellauri156.html on line 537: Abner was the son of the witch of En-dor in Mordor, (Pirḳe R. El. xxxiii.), and the hero par excellence in the Haggadah (Yalḳ., Jer. 285; Eccl. R. on ix. 11; Ḳid. 49b). Conscious of his extraordinary strength, he exclaimed: "If I could only catch hold of the earth, I could shake it" (Yalḳ. l.c.)—a saying which parallels the famous utterance of Archimedes, "Had I a fulcrum, I could move the world." (Dote moi pa bo kai tan gan kino.) According to the Midrash (Eccl. R. l.c.) it would have been easier to move a wall six yards thick than one of the feet of Abner, who could hold the Israelitish army between his knees, and often did. Yet when his time came [date missing], Joab smote him. But even in his dying hour, Abner seized his foe's balls like a ball of thread, threatening to crush them. Then the Israelites came and pleaded for Joab's jewels, saying: "If thou crushest them his future kids shall be orphaned, and our women and all our belongings will become a prey to the Philistines." Abner answered: "What can I do? He has extinguished my light" (has wounded me fatally). The Israelites replied: "Entrust thy cause to the true judge [God]." Then Abner released his hold upon Joab's balls and fell dead to the ground (Yalḳ. l.c.).
ellauri163.html on line 356: Footnote: Shiloh, understood as shai loh "tribute to him," following Midrash; cf. Isa. 18:7. Meaning of Heb. uncertain; lit. "Until he comes to Shiloh."
ellauri171.html on line 1013: Jezebel is characterized as totally evil in the biblical text and beyond it: in the New Testament her name is a generic catchword for a whoring, non-believing female adversary (Revelations 2:20); in Judeo-Christian traditions, she is evil. The Bible is careful not to refer to her as queen. And yet, this is precisely what she seems to have been. Some early Jewish, albeit post-biblical, sources deconstruct the general picture: “Four women exercised government in the world: Jezebel and Athaliah from Israel, Semiramis and Vashti from the [gentile] nations” (in a Jewish Midrash for the Book of Esther, Esther Rabbah)
ellauri171.html on line 1081: This old testament death-feast was initially slated to debut in Midrash. Watching it, you'll wonder why the distributor changed its plans.
ellauri196.html on line 703: Hesekiel (יְחֶזְקֵאל "Jumala ei tapa vaan vahvistaa", hepreaksi Yəḥezqel) oli yksi Israelin profeetoista. Hän oli papin (Phil Cohen) poika ja toimi itsekin pappina Jerusalemin temppelissä. Ezekiel, like Jeremiah, is said by Talmud and Midrash to have been a descendant of Joshua by his marriage with the proselyte and ex-prostitute Rahab. Hänet vietiin Joakin von Ankan ja muun herrasväen mukana pakkosiirtolaisuuteen Babyloniin vuonna 597 eaa. Hänen nimissään on Raamatun Vanhan testamentin Hesekielin kirja, joka on Hesburgereita koskevien tietojen päälähde.
ellauri302.html on line 705: Vaikka kirja hyväksyttiin laajalti, pieni joukko merkittäviä rabbeja julkaisi seuraavien vuosisatojen aikana tekstejä, joissa julistivat rabbi Moshen keksineen sen väärennökseksi juutalaisuuden vastaisilla käsitteillä. Monet näistä rabbeista eivät kuitenkaan olleet ize kabbalisteja. Tämä oli tärkeä kiistakohta Jemenin juutalaisten joukossa, Dor Daiminä tunnetussa uskonnollisessa älymystöliikkeessä, joka vaati paluuta enemmän talmudistiseen juutalaisuuteen. Myös muut kateelliset yhteisöt Italiassa ja Andalusian (espanjalainen portugali) kyseenalaistivat Zoharin sisällön ja aitouden. Vaikka Zohar on järjestetty kommenteiksi Tooran osioista, se käsittelee myös Talmudia, Midrash Rabbaa ja Sefer Yetziraa, ml Bahir ja monet muut rabbiiniset tekstit. Jossain määrin Zohar on yksinkertaisesti Kabbala.
ellauri372.html on line 263: Midrashin mukaan monet simeonilaiset lesket menivät naimisiin muiden israelilaisten heimojen kanssa 24 000 simeonilaisen miehen kuoleman jälkeen Zimrin skandaalin seurauksena.
ellauri372.html on line 481: Raamatun kertomusten tärpättipuu (terebintti eli pistaasi) pyhäkön vieressä oli ilmeisesti olemassa jo patriarkkien aikana, koska Jaakobin kuvataan Genesiksen kirjassa hautaanneen vieraiden jumalien epäjumalat (jotka kuuluivat setä Labanille) sen alle. Midrashin mukaan samarialaiset löysivät myöhemmin yhden näistä kyyhkysen muotoisista epäjumalista, ja sitä käytettiin palvonnassa Gerisim-vuorella.
xxx/ellauri114.html on line 646: Midrashissa on paljon juttua sekä Melkisedekistä että Abramista. Joidenkuiden mielestä jumala maxoi Abrahamille kymmenyxinä sen nimestä siihen saakka puuttuneen kirjaimen H. Rabbien mielestä M. toimi pappina ja antoi Aatamin mekon perinnöxi Abrahamille (H:lla tai ilman).
xxx/ellauri148.html on line 161: Tää oli Moshelta hyvä veto sikäli että nää lisäyxet päihittää kristinuskon tärkeimmät vetolaastarit, lunastuskaupan luottokortin ja taivastoivon. Maimonides further explains in his work on the Halakhic code, the Yad haHazaqa (“The Strong Hand”), also known as the Mishne Torah (Second Torah) the view of redemption and the role Messiah will play. Maimonides summarizes the Jewish expectation of the Messiah. But the expectation of Messiah, is not limited to Maimonides comments, quotes from the Talmud, Targum, Midrash, Zohar and other writings give us a vivid picture of the expectation in the Jewish world of the times of Messiah. Messianic expectation in Rabbinic times (A.D.135-1750) and in the time of Yeshua may have changed over the years. For example in the time of Yeshua, The Temple existed and Israel was not scattered abroad as is the case today. In the days of Maimonides, there was no Israel and no Temple, and Jews were persecuted in Europe. Here we quote from Raphael Patai’s work, The Messiah Texts on pages 322-327, his translation of the Mishne Torah, Maimonides writes the following.
xxx/ellauri148.html on line 209: The fifth house [in the heavenly Paradise] is built of onyx and jasper stones, and inlaid stones, and silver and gold, and good pure gold. And around it are rivers of balsam, and before its door flows the River Gihon. And [it has] a canopy of all trees of incense and good scent. And[in it are] beds of gold and silver, and embroidered garments. And there sits Messiah ben David and Elijah and Messiah ben Ephraim. And there is a canopy of incense trees as in the Sanctuary which Moses made in the desert. And all its vessels and pillars are of silver, its covering is gold, its seat is purple. And in it is Messiah ben David who loves Jerusalem. Elijah of blessed memory takes hold of his head, places it in his lap and holds it, and says to him: “Endure the sufferings and the sentence of your Master who makes you suffer because of the sin of Israel.” And thus it is written; He was wounded because of our transgressions, he was crushed because of our iniquities (Isaiah 53:5) until the time when the comes. (“Midrash Konen” BhM 2:29-30)[13]
xxx/ellauri148.html on line 238: Behold I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering unto all the peoples round about (Zech. 12:2). What is “cup of staggering”? [It means] that He will in the future make peoples drink the cup of staggering of blood….when they [Gog and Magog] go up there, what do they? They assign two warriors to every one of the Children of Israel. Why? So that they should not escape. When the heroes of Judah ascend and reach Jerusalem, they pray in their heart…In that hour the Holy One, blessed be He, gives heroism to Judah and they draw their weapons and smite those men on their right and on their left, and slay them (Midrash Tehillim, Psalm 119, ed. Buber pp. 488-89)
xxx/ellauri148.html on line 248: And when the days of the Messiah arrive, Gog and Magog will come up against the Lord of Israel, because they will hear that Israel is without a king and sits in safety. Instantly they will take with them seventy-one nations and go up to Jerusalem, and they will say; “Pharaoh was a fool to command that the males [of the Israelites] be killed and to let the females live. Balaam was an idiot that he wanted to curse them and did not know that their God had blessed them. Haman was insane in that he wanted to kill them, and he did not know their God can save them. I shall not do as they did, but shall fight against their God first, and thereafter I shall slay them…” And the Holy One, blessed be He, will say to him; “You wicked one! You want to wage war against Me? By your life, I shall wage war against you! Instantly the Holy One, blessed be He will cause hailstones, which are hidden in the firmament, to descend upon him, and will bring upon him a great plague… And after him will arise another king, wicked and insolent, and he will wage war against Israel for three months, and his name is Armilus. And these are his marks; he will be bald, one his eyes will be small, the other big. His right arm will be only as long as a hand…..And he will go up to Jerusalem and will slay Messiah ben Joseph…. And thereafter will come Messiah ben David….And he will kill the wick Armilus…And thereafter the Holy One, blessed be He, will gather all Israel who are dispersed here and there. (Midrash waYosha[19])
xxx/ellauri148.html on line 268: Our master said two things in the name of R. Helbo: Why did the Fathers love to be buried in the Land of Israel? Because the dead of the land of Israel will be the first to come to life in the days of the Messiah, and they will eat [enjoy] the years of the Messiah. And R. Hama bar R. Hanina said: “He who dies abroad and is buried there, two deaths are in his hand….” R. Simon said: “If so, the righteous who are buried abroad will be the losers? [Not so,] for what does the Holy One, blessed be He, do? He hollows out the earth before them, and makes them into something like a skin bottle, ant they will roll and come until they reach the Land of Israel. And when they reach the Land of Israel He put the spirit of life into them they stand up.” (Midrash Tan. Buber, 1:214)[23]
xxx/ellauri166.html on line 61: Because Aaron's rod and Moses' rod are both given similar, seemingly interchangeable, powers, Rabbinical scholars debated whether or not the two rods were one and the same. According to the Midrash Yelammedenu (Yalḳ. on Ps. ex. § 869):
xxx/ellauri166.html on line 66: The Midrash (a homiletic method of biblical exegesis) states that the staff was passed down from generation to generation and was in the possession of the Judean kings until the First Temple was destroyed. It is unknown what became of the staff after the Temple was destroyed and the Jews were exiled from the land.
xxx/ellauri166.html on line 395: Drawing on the breadth of Midrashic, Talmudic and Aggadic literature (including literature that is no longer extant), as well as his knowledge of Hebrew grammar and halakhah, Rashi clarifies the "simple" meaning of the text so that a bright child of five could understand it. At the same time, his commentary forms the foundation for some of the most profound legal analysis and mystical discourses that came after it. Scholars debate why Rashi chose a particular Midrash to illustrate a point, or why he used certain words and phrases and not others. Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi wrote that "Rashi's commentary on Torah is the 'wine of Torah'. It opens the heart and uncovers one's essential love and fear of Cod.
xxx/ellauri292.html on line 285: Midrashissa Rahab on Saaran, Abigailin ja Esterin ohella yksi neljästä kauneimmasta naisesta, jotka maailma on koskaan tuntenut. Babylonian Talmudissa Rahab oli niin kaunis, että jo hänen nimensä mainitseminen saattoi ottaa ankarasti eteen (Megilla 15a). Rahabin sanotaan kääntyneen 50-vuotiaana harjoitettuaan prostituutiota 40 vuotta ja katuneen kolmea syntiä sanoen:
xxx/ellauri303.html on line 69: Selvitykset tavasta, jolla hän kohtasi kuolemansa, vaihtelevat. IV Maccabeesin mukaan hän heittäytyi tuleen. Midrash kertoo menettäneensä järkensä ja heittäytyneen kuoliaaksi katolta, kun taas Josipponin mukaan hän kaatui kuolleena lastensa ruumiiden päälle.
xxx/ellauri303.html on line 500: Juutalaisuus vahvistaa, että ihmisillä on syntyessään halu tai halu tehdä hyvää, ja vieläzer hara (יצר הרע), taipumus tai halu tehdä pahaa. Nämä lauseet heijastavat käsitystä, että "jokaisessa ihmisessä on vastakkaisia ​​luontoja jatkuvasti ristiriidassa", ja niihin viitataan monta kertaa rabbiinisessa perinteessä. [29] Rabbit jopa tunnustavat vieläzer ha-ran positiivisen arvon : ilman yetzer ha-raa ei olisi sivilisaatiota tai muita ihmisen työn hedelmiä. Midrash ( Bereshit Rabbah9:7) sanoo: "Ilman pahaa taipumusta kukaan ei synnyttäisi lasta, rakentaisi taloa tai tekisi uraa." Seurauksena on, että yetzer ha-tov ja yetzer ha-ra ymmärretään parhaiten paitsi hyvän ja pahan moraalisina kategorioina, myös ihmisen sisäisenä konfliktina epäitsekkäiden ja itsekkäiden suuntausten välillä.
xxx/ellauri305.html on line 301: Juutalaisen perinteen mukaan Toora sisältää 613 käskyä (heprea : תרי״ג מצוות, latinaisin kirjasimin :  taryag mitzvot). Tämä perinne kirjataan ensimmäisen kerran 3. vuosisadalla jKr., kun rabbi Simlai mainitsi sen saarnassa, joka on tallennettu Talmud Makkot 23b.  Muita klassisia viisaita, joilla on tämä näkemys, ovat rabbi Simeon ben Azzai ja rabbi Eleazar ben Yose Galilealainen. Sitä lainataan Midrash Shemot Rabbah 33:7:ssä,Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15–16; 18:21 ja Talmud Yevamot 47b. 613 käskyä sisältävät "positiiviset käskyt" suorittaa teko (mitzvot aseh) ja "negatiiviset käskyt" pidättäytyä teosta (mitzvot lo taaseh). Kieltojen numero 365 on sama kuin aurinkovuoden päivien lukumäärä, ja positiivisten käskyjen numero 248  liittyy ihmiskehon luiden ja tuttujen jo mainittujen turpoavien ja kostuvien/ kovettuvien elinten lukumäärään.
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