A dispute over whether to refer to God almost derailed the state of Israel's founding document
"Return [Shuvah] O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have fallen because of your sin” Hosea 14:2
“You are children of the Lord, your God. You shall not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads because of the dead” Deuteronomy 14:1
“Single out Joshua, son of Nun, a man in whom there is spirit [ruach], and lay your hand upon him” Numbers 27:18
“We remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free, the cucumbers, the watermelons, the green leeks, the onions and the garlic” Numbers 11:5
“And this shall be a law to you for all time: in the seventh month on the tenth day of the month you shall practise self-denial [ta’anu]; you shall do no manner of work, neither the citizen nor the alien who resides among you” Leviticus 16:29
“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people” Exodus 22:27
“And because the midwives feared God, He established houses for them” Exodus 1:21
“Said he, ‘Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed’” Genesis 32:29
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