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Shalom, Where can I find information regards the High Priest having a rope tied to his ankles to pull him out if he were to die? My father said it is not true but one of my friends said it was. Thank you. Samuel

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I have a question not about faith, but about lineage. This whole ancestry thing has gotten so popular as so many are shelling out a lot of money to find out where they came from. But in the Tanach the Jews kept incredible records pertaining to ancestry. Are most Jews still able to trace their lineage way back, or was that just an ancient thing?

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I appreciate the wisdom you have shared. I have a question, not about faith, but about lineage. We see in the Bible, incredible and detailed records pertaining to ancestry. And, nowadays, this whole ancestry thing that's mentioned in the Torah has gotten so popular, either as a fad or something more serious, and many people are shelling out a lot of money to find out where they came from. My question: Are most Jews still able to trace their lineage way back, or was that just a Bible thing? Thanks

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I have a question. I don't understand 2 things. First, why did the Jews begin the 490 years countdown of Daniel 9:24-27 when the first temple was destroyed (Jewish calendar 424/422BC or Gentile date 586 BC) instead of the "decree" of say Cyrus or another figure in Daniel's immediate future to rebuild (536 BC or so)? Is there something in the Hebrew I'm missing? Secondly, I don't understand why or how the Jewish calendar for the date of the destruction of the Temple is so different in the Jewish calendar than the Gentile one - a difference of 164 years or so. I understand that there is roughly 490 years from the destruction of the first temple to the second in AD 70 based on the Jewish calendar (and that is how you understand the 490 years), but I don't understand why the 490 years begins at the destruction of the first temple and not with Cyrus, and I don't understand why the Jewish calendar is 165 years off from the other. Any help would be appreciated.

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Is Jesus responsible for the Holocaust? If so, how much?

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Following the horrific massacre of Jews in Pittsburgh during Shabbat prayers by an anti-Semite, I was wondering why is there anti-Semitism?

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What is the cultural and historical setting of the Genesis account of Abram passing off his wife Sarai as his sister to Pharoah? 2. Same scenario for Isaac and Rebekah and King Abemilech. 3. What does Jewish history say about Melchizedek, High Priest of Salem?