Biblical Hebrew and Hebrew Bible Studies Program

The famous biblical story of Cain and Abel is found in the fourth chapter of the Book of Genesis. Today I

In the previous post, we discussed in detail Cain’s rather ‘odd’ reply to God when God asked him the whereabouts

Following Adam and Eve’s sin, God punished them. In this post, I would like to focus on Adam and Eve’s

Today we will continue with ‘Ma’ase Bereshit’  {מעשה בראשית} – Hebrew for ‘the act of the Creation of the world’

In the last post, we discussed the important question as to why God FAVORED Abel’s offering and REJECTED Cain’s offering.

After Cain and Abel had grown up, the Bible tells us the following: “…Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked

The Bible mentions by name TWO trees that were planted in the Garden of Eden: “The tree of life was in

Today’s Parasha {פרשה} (weekly Torah portion) is ‘Toldot’ {תולדות} (Hebrew for ‘generations’). This is the sixth weekly Torah portion in

On the third day of the creation, God made the earth and the seas as recorded in the Book of

Yesterday we talked about the creation of the ‘seas’ and the Genesis line listing ‘opposite couples.’ This means the ‘earth’