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Amos 5:6: "Seek Hashem and live; lest He break out like fire in the house of Yosef and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel." Rabbi , will you explain who the house of Yosef is? Also, were Yosef's two sons half-Egyptian since Yosef betrothed Pharaoh's daughter?

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Iyov 26:5 says, "Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof." Would you explain this? (By the way, Resh~Pei~Aleph~Yud~Mem spells raphayim, meaning lax, ghost, shade, deceased.)

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Yeremiah 22:29 Earth,earth,earth, hear the word of YHVH [ Shin~Mem~Ayin spells shama verb meaning obey,yield to, consider,consent,be content, grant request] Whenever Yah repeats words in a passage, is there added significance? Is He perhaps pleading with His people before dispensing judgment?

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Zechariah 5:7 And,behold,therewas lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman " lewd lady liberty" that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. Zechariah 5:8 And he said,this is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. Zechariah 5:11 And he said unto me,To build it an house in the land of Shinar: [Shin~Nun~Ayin~Resh] and it shall be established and set there upon "her" own base. "Shinar" has some "eerie" similarities with America. For instance, Nun~Shin~Resh spells nshar meaning "eagle". America's symbolic emblem is the bald eagle. Shin~Resh spells sar meaning chief,head,ruler Nun~Resh spells Ner " lamp" Shin~Ayin~Resh spells shaar meaning gate,opening, port Shin~Ayin~Nun spells shaan verb meaning to support one's self Shin~Nun spells shen meaning ivory,tooth, commerce. America is a lamp, torch, beacon of light radiating "freedom". The eagle represents the nations ability to soar,rising above obstacles and oppression. Continuity through commerce allows for a stronger economy. Working to support oneself ensures stability and independence. Immigrants from across the globe have entered into our "ports of call" seeking refuge and restoration from aggression and repression. Howbeit, then, has America become a sewer system of filth,perversion and sickening sin? Is America the prophetic "Shinar"? Woe Woe wicked eagle nation!

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As a modern Orthodox Jewish man, I cannot find a rabbi who has chosen to reply to my question of the following Mishna. In Berakhot 28a the Gemara relates: On that day several benches were added to the study hall to accommodate the numerous students. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Abba Yosef ben Dostai and the Rabbis disputed in this matter. One said: Four hundred benches were added to the study hall. And one said: Seven hundred benches were added to the study hall. When he saw the tremendous growth in the number of students, Rabban Gamliel was disheartened. He said: Perhaps, Heaven forbid, I prevented Israel from engaging in Torah study. They showed him in his dream white jugs filled with ashes, alluding to the fact that the additional students were worthless idlers. The Gemara comments: That is not the case, but that dream was shown to him to ease his mind so that he would not feel bad.   B"H Robert Mandel  

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In Zechariah 7:5 the people fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month for seventy years. Is there a reason these specific months were chosen to fast?

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2 Samuel 6:2 says, "Whose name is called by the name of God of hosts, that dwells between the cherubim." 2 Kings 19:15 says, "And Chizkiyah prayed before God, and said: Hashem, Lord of Yisrael, who dwells [between] the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth." Psalms 80:1 says, "Give ear, O Shepherd of Yisrael, that leads Yosef like a flock; You who dwells between the cherubim, shine forth." Psalm 99:1 says, "God reigns; let the people tremble. He sits between the cherubim. Let the earth be moved." Ezekiel 10:7 says, "And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the 'fire' that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen." Question: In all the above passages, it says that God dwells between the cherubim. However, is the presence of God fire, as it implies in Ezekiel 10:7? Is "consuming fire" on the mercy seat above the ark of testimony?