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shalom dear rabbi in Rabbi David Altshuler commentary on Ezekiel 37: 24 we read: (מלך המשיח הבא מזרע דוד יהיה מלך עליהם) is this translation correct? "King Messiah, will come from seed of David, will be king over them."

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shalom aleichem dear rabbi in "targum jerusalem and targum jonathan on genesis 49: 10" we read: "nor sapherim teaching the law from his children's children," "nor sapherim teaching the law from his seed," first question: What does this phrase mean? "sapherim teaching the law" i'm confused! second question: What does this word "sapherim" mean? third question: what does (גֶּ֣זַע) mean? at last: why are these targums like each other? best Wishe

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My friends and I have questions about I Samuel 16:2. Is there any particular reason Samuel was told to offer a female animal rather than a male animal? Since the Ark was in the possession of the Philistines and the Tabernacle and the Altar for sacrifices had, apparently, ceased to function after Eli and his sons died and the Ark was lost in battle, how and where did the Israelites "do" sacrifices since there was no functioning Tabernacle and The Temple had not yet been built? Samuel was not a priest/Levite so what "kind" (name? category?) of sacrifice was he offering? It almost seems as though he was offering an illegitimate sacrifice "on a high place." How can this be explained? We would appreciate ANY light you can shed on this topic! Thanks for giving us your time!

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Shalom Rabbi, I understand Torah is written on at least 3 levels. Can you please tell me what they are and what they are called. I understand the first level is the practical and the third is the spiritual but I do not know what the second is.

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Hi, I just recently started learning gemarah. I've pretty much got the basic words but im still having a lot of trouble with the more compex and random words. What chould I do to improve my gemarah reading?