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  1. Harel13

    A friendly debate regarding the merits of Christianity v that of Judaism in regards to salvation. (Anthony H Miller and Harel13).

    So, what do you want to debate exactly?
  2. Harel13

    Is Hamas Helping Palestinians?

    You seem to have mistakenly linked the main page of INN instead of a particular article.
  3. Harel13

    Hebronian Imam opens fire at Jewish community of Hebron

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386823 Sheikh Mahmoud Nofal, an imam of a mosque (!) in Hebron opened fire at the Jewish neighborhood in Hebron. Fortunately, he was shot by Israeli authorities before he managed to kill anyone. Arab terrorists from the PA never need an excuse to try to...
  4. Harel13

    New Papyrus With Early Sayings of Jesus is earlier than any New Testament manuscript...with material from the Gospel of Thomas

    I wonder why it's defined as syncretistic and not as a proto-text from which other gospels were derived, given that it's the oldest known textual witness. Any idea?
  5. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    As in physically each individual was stronger?
  6. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    Well, to each his own. Traditional commentators accept the Masoretic "שש אמות וזרת", as do many modern scholars. You are correct that not all. There are those who favor editing every tip of a Yod (קוצו של יוד) or less. However, as I wrote, there is a disagreement on the exact length of the...
  7. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    Are you referring to the Philistines? If so, then I already wrote that from their perspective they likely weren't betting anything. It was practically a joke to them. I can actually bring some other historic examples that show that when one side thinks they've got the upper hand, they tend to...
  8. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    I would guess that the situation caught them by surprise and they lost their confidence. Presumably, right about the same time the Israelites got excited and began rushing at the the Philistines. This is stated in the next verse but it makes sense that the two verses occurred pretty much at the...
  9. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    I think your comparison is based on wrongful proportionality, not to mention that the situations aren't comparable (and yes, I think we are talking about historical events). The Philistines neighbored Israel for centuries and while they had some skirmishes over the years (e.g. Samson), they also...
  10. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    Evidently they believed in the might of their champion Goliath. Deut. 8:17 expresses this cockiness well: "and you say to yourselves, “My own power and the might of my own hand have won this wealth for me.”"
  11. Harel13

    Question about David and Goliath

    Other than the fact that Goliath was larger than the average man (commentators and scholars disagree on what his exact height was in modern measurements), the Philistines as a whole were much stronger and more technologically advanced. They had more iron weapons than the Israelites, heavy armor...
  12. Harel13

    Goodbye Grandson. I'll miss you ...

    Baruch Dayan Ha'emet. Sorry for your tragic loss.
  13. Harel13

    Happy Birthday Ehav4Ever!!

    Happy birthday and mazal tov! (whenever your Hebrew birthday is, which I assume is circa this one)
  14. Harel13

    How did Jews in the holy land worship when they could not get to the Temple?

    Just to strengthen your point, Philo of Alexandria once stated that he had only visited the Temple once (or maybe twice, I'll try to check later) in his life. In the Second Temple period we have the appearance of shuls in various communities around the world. A friend once suggested to me that...
  15. Harel13

    Israel’s war crimes in Gaza are by design, not default

    What a load of drivel.
  16. Harel13

    Israel-Gaza : "Netanyahu vows no Palestinian state ..."

    Well, let's see what's happened with previous attempts to set up Palestinian states: 1. Arafat helped plan terror attacks. 2. Abbas pays terrorists and their families for commiting terror attacks and cheered the October 7 massacre. 3. When Israel withdrew from Gaza, effectively making it into a...
  17. Harel13

    A Democratic Solution to Censorship on Social Media

    *Mod Post: Thread moved to Political Debates*
  18. Harel13

    Happy Birthday LuisDantas!

    Happy birthday!
  19. Harel13

    Signature in a book

    A friend just suggested "a memory from happy days". Both sound reasonable in context.
  20. Harel13

    Signature in a book

    I was at a book giveaway earlier today (the archeology institute realized they had too many old books just collecting dust). I found what looks to be a cool find: A book by the renowned pioneering British archeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie called "Seventy Years in Archaeology". What caught...
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