Today, in Israel’s Knesset, we witnessed a repeat of a scene straight out of the Bible. Almost.
What kind of a blessing is it for Jacob to confer from his deathbed on his beloved youngest child: ‘’Benjamin is predatory ...
Jacob/Israel is the man whose name we bear ... 32:29–31) An artistic illustration of Jacob's ladder of the Bible. (credit: PIXABAY) These are the decisive spiritual encounters of Jacob ...
It is a mystical commentary on the Torah and on other books of the Jewish Bible. The Zohar teaches that God sits on a throne in the heavens. On that throne, there is a portrait of Jacob.
Mahanaim, meaning "two camps," was allegedly named by Jacob after he wrestled ... is mentioned several times in the bible - it is where the second King of Israel, Ishbaal, son of King Saul ...