I have not read Judges recently. The Me'am Lo'ez is a compilation of different Torah sources. This particular compilation is by Rabbi Shmuel Yerushalmi.
"G-d rewarded the man... the city that he and his family built was granted special protection. Not even the mighty conquerors were able to conquer it... the city was located in the land of the Hittites, which is north of Syria." (Me'am Loez, Judges, 1:22-26)
There is a city that i learned about in Jewish teachings called Luz. This city was unconquerable and every kingdom that tried to conquer them inevitably failed. We learn that this city was given special protection by G-d which is why none could conquer it. Luz is located in what was once the...
The Me'am Lo'ez is a compilation of multiple different Torah sources. While i saw this in the Me'am Lo'ez it may be that it originates in the Gemara, perhaps this exact volume. I would look for myself but i do not own that volume.
“Jacob left Beer Sheba and headed toward Haran… he approached the place and spent the night there because the sun had set… Jacob got up early in the morning and took the stone that he had placed at his head. He erected it as a monument, and poured oil on its top… He named the place Beth El...
When learning about the Well of Miriam I came to understand that it can be found in two distinct locations in the Holy Land, the Kinneret and the Mediterranean Sea. I found this to be a curious thing. How could the same well which was with the Jews in the dessert for forty years be found in two...
I could not tell you how we can distinguish between a ghost and a demon, but it is brought down in Jewish tradition that evil demons seek to scare and even harm people. They could most certainly take on the appearance of a ghost for this very purpose. Demons like to live in abandoned buildings...
I have limited knowledge on Celtic mythology. Though i do find it intriguing based on what little i do know, i simply have not taken the time to learn more about it.
In Jewish tradition we learn that demons are basically entities which G-d also created during the six days of creation. We learn that of the four elements, demons are made up of fire and air.
In Judaism the Old Testament is the written tradition and the remaining Jewish texts are all included in the oral tradition. In the Oral tradition we cover a great deal on the astral plane.
All Jew's are "Israelites". During the split of the land of Israel after the rein of Solomon the northern kingdom was called the kingdom of Israel & the southern was called the kingdom of Judah. At some point the kingdom of Israel were banished and became what we know as the ten lost tribes...