The Unexpected Cosmology

Targum Torah Portions | Section 34: Bamidbar “In the Wilderness” (Numbers 1-4:20) - Chapter 1   AND Yahuah spake with Mosheh in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of ordinance, on the first of the month Ijar, which was the second month of the second year from the time of their coming forth from the land of Mizraim, saying: Take the account of the whole congregation of […]

Targum Torah Portion | Week 25: Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 - Targum Jonathan on Leviticus Week 25 Chapters 6:1 – 8:36   Chapter 6   And Yahuah spake with Mosheh, saying Instruct Aharon and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering which is brought to make atonement for the thoughts (errors) of the heart: it is a burnt offering, which is made […]

Targum Torah Portion | Week 24: Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 - Targum Jonathan on Leviticus Week 24 Chapters 1:1 – 5:26   Chapter 1   And it was when Mosheh had completed to erect the tabernacle that Mosheh reasoned and judged in his heart, and said: To Mount Sinai, whose excellency is the excellence only of an hour and its holiness the holiness but of three […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 21: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 21 Chapters 30:11 – 34:35     And Yahuah spake unto Mosheh, saying, When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel according to their number, they shall give every man the ransom of their souls before Yahuah when thou numberest them; that there may not be among them […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 20: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 20 Chapters 27:20 – 30:10     Chapter 27 .   ואתה וְאַנְתְּ תְּפַקֵיד יַת בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל וְיִסְבוּן לָךְ מִישְׁחָא דְזֵיתָא דַכְיָא כְּתִישָׁא לְאַנְהוֹרֵי לְאַדְלָקָא בּוֹצִינַיָא תְּדִירָא And thou shalt instruct the sons of Israel to bring the pure olive oil, beaten, for illumination, that the lamps may burn continually. […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 19: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 19 Chapters 25:1 – 27:19     . Chapter 25כ״ה     וידבר וּמַלֵּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying,   מַלֵּיל עִם בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל וְיִסְבוּן קֳדָמַי אַפְרְשׁוּתָא מִן כָּל דְּיִתְרְעֵי לִבֵּיהּ וְלָא בְּאַלְמוּתָא תִסְבוּן יַת אַפְרָשׁוּתִי Speak unto the children of Israel, that they […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 18: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 18 Chapters 21:1 – 24:18     . Chapter 21כ״א       ואלה וְאִלֵּין הִינוּן סִדְרֵי דִינַיָא דִי תְסַדֵּר קֳדָמֵיהוֹן AND these are the orders of judgments which thou shalt order before them.   אֲרוּם תִּיזְבוּן בִּגְנֵיבוּתֵיהּ לְעַבְדָא בַּר יִשְרָאֵל שִׁית שְׁנִין יִפְלַח וּבְמַעֲלֵי שְׁבִיעָתָא יִפּוֹק לְבַר חוֹרִין מַגָּן […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 17: Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 17 Chapters 18:1 – 20:23 . . Chapter 18י״ח     וישמע וּשְׁמַע יִתְרוֹ אוֹנוֹס מִדְיָן חָמוּי דְמשֶׁה יַת כָּל מַאן דְּעָבִיד יְיָ לְמשֶׁה וּלְיִשְרָאֵל עַמֵּיהּ אֲרוּם אַפֵּיק יְיָ יַת יִשְרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם And Jethro, prince of Midian, the father-in-law of Mosheh, heard all that Yahuah had done for Mosheh and […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 16: Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 16 Chapters 13:17–17:16   Chapter 13   ויהי וַהֲוָה כַּד פְּטַר פַּרְעה יַת עַמָּא וְלָא דַבְּרִינוּן יְיָ אוֹרַח אֲרַע פְּלִישְׁתָּאֵי אֲרוּם קָרֵיב הוּא אֲרוּם אֲמַר יְיָ דִלְמָא יִתְהֲווֹן עַמָּא בְּמֵיחְמֵיהוֹן אֲחוּהוֹן דְּמִיתַן בִּקְרָבָא מָאתָן אַלְפִין גּוּבְרִין בְּנֵי חֵילָא מִשִּׁבְטָא דְאֶפְרַיִם מְאַחֲדִין בִּתְרִיסִין וְרוּמְחִין וּמָאנֵי זַיְינִין וְנַחֲתוּ לְגַת לְמֵיבוּז גֵּיתֵי פְּלִישְׁתָּאֵי […]

Targum Torah Portion Week 15: Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 - Targum Jonathan on Exodus Week 15 Chapters 10:1 – 13:16     Chapter 10י׳     ויאמר וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה עוּל לְוַת פַּרְעה אֲרוּם אֲנָא יַקִּירִית יִצְרָא דְלִבֵּיהּ וְיִצְרָא דְלִבְּהוֹן דְעַבְדוֹי מִן בִּגְלַל לְשַׁוָואָה אַתְוָותַי אִלֵין בֵּינֵיהוֹן And the Lord spake to Mosheh, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have made strong the design of […]