What did 2nd Temple Judaism Believe……REALLY?

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@Koichos what can you tell me about Nehemiah Ben Hushiel

What have you read or learned about him? And why is he a significant figure back then?

What’s the opinion today on him among Jewish Rabbis?

I’m fairly certain I’ve stumbled upon that name in the Hasidic text ‘B'nei Yissachar’, but I don’t know enough about the individual to speak on the subject. Sorry.

@Koichos so I was watching this rabbi speak on something and he randomly mentioned a lady who said that "Gerizim"was the true holy site...

I see Rav Toviyyah Singer’s videos have made their way to TheColi!

and it occurred to me that an interesting dynamic occurred there

they pronounced "blessings" on Gerizim but Curses on Mt Ebal...

Bible Gateway passage: Deuteronomy 27 - King James Version

And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with...

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and they split the israelites into two camps to do this

Interestingly, those six who stood on Mount G'rizzim would later worship in Y'rushalayim, in the southern province (in the time of King Asa ben Aviyyah - the 3rd Y'hudі king - the tribes Efrayіm, M'nashsheh and Shіm`οn traveled southward to live in Y'hudah’s and Bіnyamіn’s territories, Divrei Hayyamim Beіt 15:8-9; according to Rav Tz'vi Hirsch Shlev in his work ‘Nifla'ot Mittorat Hashem Yitbarach’, a portion of the tribe Yissachar followed suit), while the remaining six who stayed in the northern province defected.

now riddle me this, would you compare Mountains to breasts? and if so would the two mountains in such close proximity be the streams spoken of that were given to Achsah upon the conquest of Kirjath Sepher?

Genesis 29:31 Hebrew Text Analysis

comes to mind (no pun intended) but so does this

Numbers 22:6 Hebrew Text Analysis

Rather, a pregnant belly! Although הַר har (‘mountain’) and הָרָה harah (the adjective ‘pregnant’) derive from separate verb-roots, the poetic parallel cannot be denied. Just as הָרִים harim (‘mountains’) produce springs, flowing downward from one to the next; so, הוֹרִים horim (‘parents’) pass their genetic constitution from generation to generation.

 

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I’m fairly certain I’ve stumbled upon that name in the Hasidic text ‘B'nei Yissachar’, but I don’t know enough about the individual to speak on the subject. Sorry.


I see Rav Toviyyah Singer’s videos have made their way to TheColi!


Interestingly, those six who stood on Mount G'rizzim would later worship in Y'rushalayim, in the southern province (in the time of King Asa ben Aviyyah - the 3rd Y'hudі king - the tribes Efrayіm, M'nashsheh and Shіm`οn traveled southward to live in Y'hudah’s and Bіnyamіn’s territories, Divrei Hayyamim Beіt 15:8-9; according to Rav Tz'vi Hirsch Shlev in his work ‘Nifla'ot Mittorat Hashem Yitbarach’, a portion of the tribe Yissachar followed suit), while the remaining six who stayed in the northern province defected.


Rather, a pregnant belly! Although הַר har (‘mountain’) and הָרָה harah (the adjective ‘pregnant’) derive from separate verb-roots, the poetic parallel cannot be denied. Just as הָרִים harim (‘mountains’) produce springs, flowing downward from one to the next; so, הוֹרִים horim (‘parents’) pass their genetic constitution from generation to generation.

do you think they were wrong to defect?

its not clear why the tribes were selected how they were and for what purpose it is to pronounce curses?