This is Torah Talk for the week of May 8th, 2022 Lev. 24:10 There came out among the Israelites [בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל] one whose mother was Israelite [יִשְׂרְאֵלִ֔ית] and whose father was Egyptian. How do you say “Israelite” in Biblical Hebrew? Amazingly, the nowadays common adjective יִשְׂרְאֵלִי appears nowhere else in the Bible but in this chapter! But … why? This week’s […]
