By Matthew Moshe Nolan
BERESHEET/Genesis 23:1: VAYIHU CHAYIM SARAH ME’AH SHANAH VE’ESRIM SHANAH VESHEVA SHANIM SHNEI CHAYIM SARAH.
The lifetime of Sarah consisted of one hundred years, twenty years, and seven years. [These were] the years of Sarah’s life. 2 Sarah died in Kiryat-arba, which is Chevron, in the land of Kenaan. Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her. 3 Avraham rose from the presence of his dead, and spoke ...
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By Matthew Moshe Nolan
PaRDeS
I can’t stand it when you hear, “I can prove it through scripture.” It demonstrates that we’re still thinking like Greeks!
The Text
Beresheeth/Genesis 22:1: And it came to pass after these things, that Elohim did test Avraham and said to him, Avraham. And he said, See, Hinayni/Here I am. 2 And He said, Take now your son, your only son Yitzchak whom you love, and get into the land of Moriyah and offer him ...
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Beresheeth / Genesis 12:1 – 17:27
By Matthew Moshe Nolan
LECH LECHA – LAMED-KOF-LAMED-KOF means Go for yourself or Go alone!
BERESHEETH/Genesis 12:1: VAYOMER YHWH EL-AVRAM LECH LECHA ME’ARTZECHA UMIMOLADETECHA UMIBEIT AVICHA EL-HA’ARETZ ASHER AR’EKA.
YHWH said to AVRAM, “Go from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, [and go] to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make you into ...
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Beresheeth / Genesis 6:9 – 11:32
By Matthew Moshe Nolan
Beresheeth/Genesis 6:9: Eleh toldot Noach. Noach ish tzaddik tamim hayah bedorotav et-ha’Elokim hithalech Noach.
This is the history of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, flawless in his generation; Noach walked with YHWH.
10 Noach fathered three sons: Shem, Cham, and Yafet. 11 The earth was corrupt before YHWH, and the earth was filled with violent crime. 12 And beheld that it was corrupt, for all flesh had ...
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BERESHEETH/Genesis 1:1: BERESHEETH BARA ELOKIM ET HASHAMAYIM VE’ET HA’ARETZ.
In the beginning ELOHIM created the heavens and the earth.
MOSHE RABAINU wrote down the TORAH and YHWH is the author, meaning the DEVAR/Word of YHWH is by definition truth itself: This is the Orthodox view of Scripture to which I hold. I am a Scriptural literalist though I also look behind the flat literal meaning for metaphors, allusions, wordplays, idioms, and other literary devices to expose the deep TORAH. I hope this ...
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