Lishmah

A Curated Open Project Exploring Syntactic Ambiguity and Biblical Exegesis through the Jewish Calendar Year

by Shani Tzoref

This project presents 12 cases of syntactic ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible, correlated to the Jewish calendar, together with medieval Jewish commentaries related to the textual ambiguity, and analysis of the texts.

*Cloisters Hebrew Bible: By Unknown author - This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76055661

*Zodiac in a 6th-century synagogue at Beth Alpha, Israel. Unknown author - NASA website: http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sjewcale.htm, Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Maksim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewishviewsonastrology#/media/File:BeitAlpha.jpg

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    Elul Year 5783 5784 Month 12

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    Nisan Deuteronomy 26:5

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    Adar Esther 6:8: Interactive with link to summary on TheTorah.com

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    Interactive Shevat Song Of The Sea Exodus 14:30; 15:10 (And 15:21); Part 2 במים אדירים

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    Interactive Shevat: Song Of The Sea Exodus 14:30; (15:10, 12, 21); Part 1; מֵ֖ת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם

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    Sources Tevet Exod 25:34 וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ

Texts

Elul Psalm 135:4

About the Project

Tishrei Leviticus 19:30

CHESHVAN GENESIS 10:21

KISLEV EXODUS 27:20

TEVET Exod 25:34

SHEVAT: Song of the Sea Exodus 14:30 (15:10, 12, 21); 2 Parts

ADAR Esther 6:8

NISAN Deuteronomy 26:5

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    New York City

Tishrei: Leviticus 16:30

Introduction

1st month: Tishrei, Lev 16:30