4Q246: 4Q Aramaic Apocalypse

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Jin Yang Kim 4Q246 Manuscript Transcription of 4Q246   Translation of  4Q246 Col. I 1. [   ] rested upon him, he fell befor the throne 2. [… k]ing, rage is coming to the world, and your years 3. […]. . . your vision, all of it is about to come unto the world….

A perfect Game

The Gemara derives from the word ulekachtem, and you shall take, that the four species are essential to each other, i.e. that one must have all four species available when he is prepared to fulfill the mitzvah. It is noteworthy that the Gemara derives this ruling from the word ulekachtem. The sefarim write that the festival of…

Crown of Aleppo

THE BIBLE OF BIBLES. Often considered the most authoritative text of the Hebrew Bible, the 1,000-year-old Aleppo Codex—known in Hebrew as the “Crown of Aleppo”—has had a tumultuous history. It remained fully intact until 1947, when it was nearly destroyed by an anti-Jewish mob. This fragment, a piece of the ten plagues narrative from the…