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The Chumash – Genesis 11-15

11:1-9. The Tower of Babel and the Dispersion. the Holy Tongue It seems ludicrous that people who had first-hand evidence of the Flood could have found grounds to rationalize a way of bypassing God’s control of events, but such is man’s capacity for self-deception that he can negate reality and build substance around a vacuum. […]

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The Chumash – Genesis 5-10

5: The genealogy of mankind The ten generations from Adam to Noah. Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah 6: 1-8. Prelude to the Flood. the sons of the rulers … the Nephilim 6:11. Now the earth had become corrupt before God; and the earth had become filled with robbery. 12. And […]

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The Structure of Argument Chapter 2

By Annette T. Rottenberg Chapter Two. Responding to Argument good reader, good listener: to uncover the clues that reveal the meaning and to become sensitive to the kinds of organization, support, and language that experienced writers use in persuading their audiences. to distinguish between responsible and irresponsible speech. your purpose is to learn what the […]

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The Structure of Argument

By Annette T. Rottenberg Chapter One. Understanding Argument The nature of argument argument vs quarrel argument: a process of reasoning and advancing proof. argumentation is the art of influencing others, through the medium of reasoned discourse, to believe or act as we wish them to believe or act. In the court, … Tensions are high […]

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The Chumash Leviticus 19

1-4. Holiness, parents, Sabbath, and idols. 1. HASHEM spoke to Moses, saying: 2. Speak to the entire assembly of the Children of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for holy am I, HASHEM, your God. 3. Every man: Your mother and father shall you revere and My Sabbaths shall you observe – […]

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The Chumash – Genesis 4

4: 1-16. Cain and Abel. 16. Cain left the presence of HASHEM and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 16. notably, the eastern region always forms a place of refuge for murderers, for the cities of refuge that Moses later set aside were also to the east, “the place of sunrise.” 4:17-26. […]

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The Chumash Leviticus 17-18

1-9. Service Outside the Tabernacle. 4. Until the time of Noah, man was forbidden to kill animals for his own needs; it was only after the Flood that God’s covenant with Noah gave man permission to kill animals for food. … When a person kills animals without a legitimate purpose, he allows himself to be […]

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