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The act of offering children to Molekh and passing them through fire – was common among pagans and is echoed in the story of Akeidat Yitzhak. It led to a...
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This chapter illustrates the cyclical process of history going back to the slavery in Egypt: Am Yisrael violates God’s laws and as a result is deemed...
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The people of Yehezkel’s generation claimed that since the destruction was inevitable, their individual actions no longer had any importance and it made...
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Throughout the chapters dating to the years prior to the destruction there is a motif of words and terms that relate to women. This image is fully...
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The prophet begins by describing the famine that will befall the city; then the wild animals that will pass through the land, followed by the sword, and...
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The prophets whose messages run counter to those of Yehezkel are divided into different groups, whose order in the text may reflect their respective...
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Yehezkel’s prophecy to the kings of Yehuda in this chapter is conveyed through two parables: in the first, the royal family of Yehuda is compared to a...
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Yehezkel continues his criticism of Tzidkiyahu by means of a parable. By relying on the king of Egypt to aid him and rebelling against Nevukhadnetzar,...
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Tzidkiyahu is not mentioned by name in Sefer Yehezkel. The kingdom of Babylonia is likewise only mentioned in these chapters indirectly and there is no...
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The people of the city concede that difficult times are on their way. But the people nevertheless maintain that even if they “cook” in the fire of the...
