
The Location of the Courtyard Pillars
The courtyard of the Mishkan was 100 אמות long and 50 אמות wide (Shemos 27:18), with the perimeter (besides the entranceway) enclosed by קלעים (lace-like
The courtyard of the Mishkan was 100 אמות long and 50 אמות wide (Shemos 27:18), with the perimeter (besides the entranceway) enclosed by קלעים (lace-like
The fourth stop the Children of Israel made after leaving Egypt was Marah (Shemos 15:23, Bamidbar 33:8). “There (in Marah), [God] placed [before them] decrees
When the Torah was given, the mountain that God descended upon is referred to as הר סיני (Shemos 19:11/20). Elsewhere (33:6), what seems to be
A simple understanding of the crossing of the Yam Suf would be that this body of water was in between Egypt and Eretz Yisroel (and/or
Although the Children of Israel lived in ארץ גשן, when they left Egypt, they left from רעמסס (Shemos 12:37). The land they lived in when
When the new Pharaoh came onto the scene (Shemos 1:8), his expressed fear was that if a war breaks out, “the nation of the Children
When Moshe fled from Pharaoh, he went to ארץ מדין (Shemos 2:15). Since מדין was one of the sons Avraham had with Ketura (Bereishis 25:2),
When Yaakov was brought to חברון to be buried, they stopped at גרן האטד, which is described as being בעבר הירדן (Bereishis 50:10). However, to
“And [Yosef] went up to greet his father, to Goshen” (Bereishis 46:32). It would seem obvious that when traveling from the Egyptian capital (where Yosef
Yosef recognized his brothers, but his brothers didn’t recognize him (Bereishis 42:8). Why they didn’t recognize him is discussed (see Rashi), but what about the
When Yehuda’s third child, שלה, was born, he, and/or the birth, was in כזיב (Bereishis 38:5). There is much discussion about why the Torah includes
Yaakov’s return trip from חרן to חברון was quite eventful. He was chased by his father-in-law, Lavan, who caught up with him at הר הגלעד