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Ibn Ezra: The Anger of a Stranger (Emor)

Ibn Ezra: The Anger of a Stranger (Emor)

Ibn EzraPosted on July 4, 2020

In Emor, a half-Israelite, half-Egyptian man blasphemes God and is then stoned to death. Why was he deemed a stranger? Could it have turned out differently?

Ibn Ezra: Branches and Berries (Lech Lecha)

Ibn Ezra: Branches and Berries (Lech Lecha)

Ibn EzraPosted on November 6, 2019

Avram has a vision where God tells him his descendants will be strangers (ger) in a land not theirs. Ibn Ezra finds an unusual meaning to the word ger.

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