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Discover the roots of your faith with online Biblical Hebrew & Bible courses. Learn from expert teachers in live classes! 🤩 Return to the Bible’s origins!

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03/11/2026

Revelation was never meant to be a horror story. 📜
Most people read it like a Hollywood script about the end of the world. But John wrote to real 1st-century churches facing Roman persecution, using symbols from Daniel and Ezekiel that his Jewish audience knew well.
His message wasn’t fear. It was hope:
Rome doesn’t win. God does. 🙏
In our Hebrew Book of Revelation course, you’ll read John’s letter verse by verse, restored to its original Jewish context and guided by veteran scholars.
Discover a letter of hope, not fear 👇
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01/11/2026

What does it really mean to be made in the image of God? ✨
Genesis tells us that humanity was created בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים (b’tselem Elohim), “in the image of God” (Genesis 1:27).
In English, “image” can feel distant, like a picture on a wall. But in Hebrew, צֶלֶם (tzelem) shares its letters with צֵל (tzel), “shadow.” And a shadow is never separate from its source: it moves where the source moves and exists only because of the light.
To be made in His image is to live as His reflection, carrying His goodness and presence into the world. 🙏
💬 Comment HEBREW to learn more!

29/10/2026

From the very first moment of his life, Jacob’s name told his story. ✨
When he was born, he came into the world holding his brother’s heel, וְיָדוֹ אֹחֶזֶת בַּעֲקֵב עֵשָׂו, “and his hand was holding Esau’s heel” (Genesis 25:26). So he was named יַעֲקֹב (Ya’akov), from עָקֵב (akev), “heel.”
But in Hebrew, this root carries more than a birth story. It can mean to follow, to come from behind, even to supplant. Years later, Esau would say: “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times” (Genesis 27:36).
Yet God did not leave Jacob defined by his name. After wrestling through the night, he received a new one: יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrael), “for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed” (Genesis 32:28).
The one who began by grasping at a heel ended by holding on to God. 🙏
In translation it seems like a detail. In Hebrew, it’s a prophecy written into the text itself.
Discover the deepest meaning of the Bible in its original language 👇
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25/10/2026

הִנֵּנִי (Hineni): “Here I am.” ✨
It’s one of the most powerful words in the Bible, and it isn’t about a location. Literally, it means “Behold me”: a posture of the soul that is fully present, fully ready, and holding nothing back.
🔥 Moses said it at the burning bush (Exodus 3:4)
👑 Isaiah said it before the throne: “Here am I; send me” (Isaiah 6:8)
⛰️ Abraham said it three times on Mount Moriah: to God, to Isaac, and to the angel (Genesis 22)
And here is the most beautiful part: God Himself answers His people with the same word. “You shall cry, and He will say: Here I am” (Isaiah 58:9).
Every Hineni is a meeting. The question isn’t whether God is calling. It’s whether we will answer. 🙏
Discover the depth behind every Hebrew word. Link in bio 👇
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22/10/2026

Shabbat is the first thing in Scripture called holy.
Before laws.
Before covenant.
Before nations.
In Hebrew, n (shavat) means more than rest - it means intentional ceasing. Trust. Relationship.
When you return to the original language, Scripture opens in new ways.
The Bible does not need to be rewritten.
It needs to be re-read.
Study Biblical Hebrew with the Israel Institute of Biblical Studies.
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20/10/2026

Empires rose and fell. Borders changed. Names were forgotten. 🕊️

Yet the land where God spoke to Abraham, and the nations that shaped Israel’s story, are still here. And so is His Word.

Kingdoms pass away, but the Word of the Lord endures forever (Isaiah 40:8).

Go deeper into Scripture in the language it was first written 👇
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Imperios que se levantaron y cayeron. Fronteras que cambiaron. Nombres que se olvidaron. 🕊️

Pero la tierra donde Dios le habló a Abraham, y las naciones que marcaron la historia de Israel, siguen ahí. Y Su Palabra también.

Los reinos pasan, pero la Palabra del Señor permanece para siempre (Isaías 40:8).

Profundizá en las Escrituras en el idioma en que fueron escritas 👇
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18/10/2026

Why does God so often speak to people in the wilderness? 🏜️
In Biblical Hebrew, the answer may be hidden in two words that share the same letters:
📜 דָּבָר (davar): word
🏜️ מִדְבָּר (midbar): wilderness
In English they seem unrelated, but in Hebrew you can hear the connection: ד־ב־ר.
Again and again, the midbar is where the davar of God is heard most clearly. Moses met God in the wilderness. Israel received His words there. The prophets withdrew to lonely places to listen.
Sometimes we have to step away from the noise to finally hear His voice. 🙏
Connections like this are lost in translation. Discover them in the original language 👇
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15/10/2026

The Bible’s very first word holds an entire universe. ✨
בְּרֵאשִׁית (Beresh*t), “In the beginning.”
Before a single law, before a single name, God chose to open His Word with a beginning. And hidden within this one word is a message for every soul:
📜 It comes from רֹאשׁ (rosh), “head, first,” reminding us that God comes first in all things
🔥 Its six letters form בְּרִית אֵשׁ (brit esh), “a covenant of fire,” a sign that creation was born in relationship with Him
✨ It opens with ב, the letter of בְּרָכָה (bracha), “blessing,” because everything God begins, He begins with a blessing
Every true beginning belongs to God.
What will you begin with Him today? 🙏
💬 Comment HEBREW to learn more.
Discover the depth behind every Hebrew word 👇
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13/10/2026

Nearly 80 years after their discovery, the Dead Sea Scrolls still hold unanswered questions. 📜
Who preserved them? What was their connection to Khirbet Qumran? And were the Yahad truly the Essenes, or is that identification less certain than many assume?

Join Neer Lect Ben Ami of the Israel Antiquities Authority for a free online seminar exploring what the evidence reveals, where scholars disagree, and why these ancient manuscripts still matter for understanding the biblical world.

🗓️ Sunday, October 18
🕑 2 PM NYC | 9 PM Jerusalem
🎥 All registrants will receive the full recording
Seats for the live Q&A are limited.
💬 Comment WEBINAR and we’ll send you the link to save your spot!

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