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'ALLAHThis scriptural word is used primarily to express the act of "rising or going up". In everyday Hebrew language, this word would be used to express "getting up and going to a destination".
In the Tenach, Yesha'yahu 2:3, we read: In the Brit Chadashah, this word describes the act of Yahshua ascending into the clouds. This word is also used to describe the act of going back to Jerusalem. When someone makes aliyah, they are saying that they are going back to Jerusalem. In Hebrew thinking, to "go up" is to go to Jerusalem, to go anywhere from Jerusalem is to "go down" (Yesha'yahu 52:4), for Jerusalem is a city set on a hill. Our English word 'alley' comes from this Hebrew word. In this culture, there are many alleys or ways to go. Some are quite dark and dangerous. Most are dead ends. From our Creator's point of view, there is only one alley, one way to go. It is a narrow alley, that to this day still leads to Jerusalem.
Shalom Alecheim!
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