Re'eh - Troublemakers
Luca Giordano, [Naples; 1634-1705] “Solomon Worshipping Idols.” Hangs in the Art Museum Riga Bourse, in Riga, Latvia.
“If you hear it said about one of the towns Hashem is giving you to live in, that `troublemakers’ ( אֲנָשִׁ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֨עַל֙) [Sefaria translation - “scoundrels”; in Kabbalah, “impure spirits”; Christianity – “the devil”] have aris…
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