The Israel Bible

Did Moses Forget to Bless Simeon?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2023 | Good and Evil, Vezot Haberachah

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The Torah is not really a very large book. In a mere 79,976 Hebrew words, the Torah (Five Books of Moses) covers all of history from the creation until the Jews were ready to enter the Land of Israel. With such a wide-reaching agenda, it...

As Good as a Share in the World to Come

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 8, 2022 | Israel

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz Learning Torah with my ten-year-old son is a challenging experience. He asks the obvious questions that are disturbingly difficult to answer. “Abba, did God promise all of Israel to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob?” he asked. “You know he did,” I...

Where is biblical Dothan?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 23, 2021 | Vayeishev

After settling in Hebron, Jacob’s sons (minus Joseph) traveled north to herd their flocks in Shechem. Jacob, now called Israel, sends Joseph to meet his brothers. Joseph arrives in Shechem, a distance of about 50 miles from Hebron, but his brothers are nowhere to be...

What does Joseph have to do with the redemption?

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 16, 2021 | Covenant, Vayishlach, Messiah, Purity, Redemption

The city of Shechem is mentioned as one of the first places Abraham passed through when he arrived in Canaan (Genesis 12:5). Later in the Bible, Dina, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, was raped by Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, chief of the country. After the...