Bible Stories

"The tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the ark-cover that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent;"

"אֵת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, וְאֶת-הָאָרֹן לָעֵדֻת, וְאֶת-הַכַּפֹּרֶת, אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו; וְאֵת, כָּל-כְּלֵי הָאֹהֶל."

Exodus 31:7

Even haShetiya (Hebrew : אבן השתייה), known as The Foundation Stone , is a holy stone located in the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

According to the Midrash, Even Ha'Shetiya is the location of the Holy of Holies in the Temple, and is the holiest site in Judaism.

"Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand." (Daniel 5:1)

Belshazzar's Feast (Hebrew: משתה בלשאצר), also known as "The writing on the wall", is an idiom, taken from the Book of Daniel  chapter 5. This chapter has been written in Aramaic.
According to the Biblical story, Belshazzar was the last king of Babylon at the time of the Judean captivity .He resigned after Nebuchadnezzar's death.

In Judaism, there are many significance numbers. One of these numbers is number 4.In the Haggadah , there is much significance to the number four(Hebrew: מספר ארבע).

The Passover Seder is particularly structured around fours: the Four Questions, the Four Sons and four cups of wine.

During the Seder meal it is a requirement to drink four cups of wine .The four cups symbolize the deliverance promised by G-d.

Matsá (Hebreo: מצה ) Matsá (Hebreo: מצה) es un pan sin levadura. Se come sólo en Pesaj – la festividad judía. La matsá fue uno de los alimentos que los judíos fueron indicados comer en Egipto junto con el cordero Pascual como se menciona en Éxodo 12:8:

" וְאָכְלוּ אֶת-הַבָּשָׂר, בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: צְלִי-אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת, עַל-מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ."

In the Haggadah we find four sons (Hebrew: ארבעת הבנים). The four sons represent the four personality types which exist within the Jewish People:

- The "Chacham" - The "Wise" Son
-  The "Rasha" - The "Wicked" Son
- The "Tam" - The "Honest" Son
- The "She’Aino Yodea Lishol" - The Son who Doesn’t Know Enough to Ask.

The poor man's lamb (Hebrew:כבשת הרש) is one of the best known Biblical allegories.
This allegory can be found in 2 Samuel 12 and it begins with G-d sending Nathan the prophet to speak to David about his sin ( Killing Uraih and taking his wife).

" On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting."

" בְּיוֹם-הַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ, תָּקִים, אֶת-מִשְׁכַּן אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד."

Exodus 40:2

The dove and olive branch is one of the most ancient symbols of peace.
The story of the dove and the olive first appeared in the Biblical story of Noah's Ark as mentioned in Genesis 8 :11-

" וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב, וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה-זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ; וַיֵּדַע נֹחַ, כִּי-קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ."

The Twelve spies (Hebrew: שניים עשר המרגלים) were a group of Israelite chieftains, one from each of the Twelve Tribes, who were dispatched by Moses to scout out the Land of Canaan for 40 days during the time the Israelites were in the desert, as mentioned in Numbers 13:2-