Being It

A witness, or a testimony exists to bare the facts of something. It is connected to the idea of empirical accounting, a report, and an audit, a story one can see for himself and decide. Sometimes we need a cloud of witnesses. All the items in the Mishkan (Tabernacle): the altar, the water basin, Aaron’s clothes, the jewels, gold, all people, sacrifices, and rituals that were to take place inside the Tabernacle were visible depictions, representations of something that is not visible. They are the way they are because they are witnesses, earthly representations of the kind of relationship that Hashem established with Israel.

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Altar of Incense in the Holy of Holies?

Not long ago I received a curious question from a man who was struggling reading through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. His question had to do with the temple and with the tabernacle arrangement, which was originally described in the book of Exodus. In Exodus the מִ

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Robert Alter's Translation and Commentary of the Hebrew Bible

In his eloquent English translation, Alter captures the feel of Hebrew poetry and multiple angles of Hebrew prose. This translation offers a graceful balance between illuminating the meaning of the Hebrew and conveying the musical cadence of the ancient biblical text. In his insightful notes, Alter alerts the readers to the literary and historical dimensions of the text.

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