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and Exodus according to the Bible 12: 37-38):

And the children of Israel journeyed from Ramses to Succoth, about six hundred

thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

And “arav rav” (multitude of Arabs) went up also with them; and flocks, and

herds, even very much cattle.

What we read in the Pentateuch about Hagar and her son Ismail (the First Book of

the Prophet Musa, Genesis according to the Bible 21: 9-21):

And Sarah kept noticing the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to

Abraham, poking fun.

So she began to say to Abraham: “Drive out this slave girl and her son, for the

son of this slave girl is not going to be an heir with my son, with Isaac!”

But the thing proved to be very displeasing to Abraham as regards his son. Then

God said to Abraham: “Do not let anything that Sarah keeps saying to you be displeasing to you about the boy and about your slave girl.

Listen to her voice, because it is by means of Isaac that what will be called your

seed will be”.

And as for the son of the slave girl, I shall also constitute him a nation, because

he is your offspring.

So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin water bottle

and gave it to Hagar, setting it upon her shoulder, and the child, and then dismissed her.

And she went her way and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Finally the water became exhausted in the skin bottle and she threw the child under one of the bushes.

Then she went on and sat down by herself, about the distance of a bowshot away, because she said: “Let me not see it when child dies”. So she sat down at a distance and

began to raise her voice and weep.

At that God heart the voice boy, and God’s angel called to Hagar out of the heavens and

said to her: “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, because God has listened to the voice of the boy there where he is.

Get up, lift up the boy and take hold of him with your hand, because I shall constitute

him a great nation”.

Then God opened her eyes so that she caught sight of a well of water; and she went and

began to fill the skin bottle with water and to give the boy a drink.

According to the Quran this well is located not far from the Stone Kaaba, which is

sacred for Muslims.

This stone is also called “Stone of Ibrahim” (biblical Abraham) and the well is

called “Zum Zum” meaning “Source”:

The Quran says that Ismail dug the earth with his heel till water flowed from that

place

And God continued to be with the boy, and he kept growing and dwelling in the

wildness; and he became an archer.

And he took up dwelling in the wildness of Parran, and his mother proceeded to

take a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

One of the Muslim leaders, President of Egypt Anwar Sadat spoke about this

when the treaty of peace and friendship between Egypt and Israel was concluded in Camp David (USA) in 1979.

He publicly said: “Arabs and Israelis are cousins”.

And for the first time the Muslim leader broke Sharia laws by extending his hand

for a handshake to the Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin after signing of the

peace treaty.

According to Sharia, i.e. Muslim law, if faithful Muslim is caught shaking hands

with unbeliever, his hand should be cut off.

Instead of hand amputation Muslim fanatics sentenced Anwar Sadat to death by

shooting.

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The Quran:90% of this book consists of the laws and commandments of Moses.

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Eloh:Actually the Quran says – Alah (Allah).

Why it happened? Because the Israeli alphabet didn’t have vowels, such as Patach, Qamets, Segol, Tsere, Chireq, Shureq.

For that reason some spelling mistakes were made in reading of the Torah, especially when this Book was translated into foreign languages by the specialists who were

not proficient in the Israeli language.

For the same reason the names of characters from this Book were changed beyond recognition.

For example, the shortest Name of One God was El and became Al.

The name of the first man was Odom and became Odam and Adam.

The name of the first woman was Hava and became Eve.

The name of a man saved by God from the great flood was Nobah and became Noah and Nuh.

The name of Abraham’s father was Terah and became Farrah.

The names of the patriarchs:

1) Avrohom became Abraham, Avraham, Ibrahim and Ibragim.

2) Ishmoel became Ishmael, Ismail and Ismael.

3) Ishok became Itzhak, Isaac, Sahak and Ischaq.

4) Ya’akov became Yakov, Jecob, Akop, Yago, Yakub, Jakup and Jacob.

5) Iosef became Yosef, Yozef, Iosif, Iosip, Yusup, Yusuf, Jusup, Joseph, Soso and

Jose.

The name of Sarai’s handmaid was Agar and became Hagar.

The names of the prophets:

1) Moshe became Moses, Musa and Mozes

2) Yeshua became Yoshua, Iisus, Isa, Joshua and Jesus.

3) Yirmeyahu became Jeremiah.

4) Doniel became Daniel, Daniil and Daniyar.

5) Yohanan became Yahya, Yuhan, Johan, Johann, Ioannes, Ivan, Yan, Jan, Juan,

John, Joan, Giovanni, Vanya, Vano, Hovhannes, Ohannes, Ioannis and Johannes.

6) Ester became Esther and Yesfir.

7) Elisheva became Elizabeth, Elisaveta and Elizaveta.

8) Miryem became Maria, Miryam, Miriam, Mariyam, Mariam and Mary.

The names of kings:

1) Shoul became Shaul, Saul and Savl.

2) Dovid became Dovit, David, Davud, Daud, Daut and David.

3) Shlomo became Solomon and Suleiman.

The names of Archangels:

1) Mikhoel became Mihael, Mikael, Mikail, Mikhail, Mikel, Miguel, Michel and

Michael

2) Gavriel became Gabriel, Gabrail and Gibril.

3) Rafoel became Raphael, Rafail, Ravil, Raul, etc.

In order to prevent the recurrence of such mistakes, religious sages of the Middle

Ages invented vowels.

These letters are now used by religious figures all over the world,

and in elementary school and by newly arrived immigrants (aliyah) in Israel to

study the Israeli language.

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When Arabic islamized tribes from the Arabian Peninsula conquered North Africa

and most of Spain (Cordoba Caliphate) in the first half of the eight century,

many Israelites also moved from the Arabian Peninsula to other states, such as

Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco and Spain.

And local Israelites in Spain greeted Muslims as deliverers of Israelite people

from the oppression of the Roman Catholic Church.

And they began to live among Muslims on equal terms, and many of them attained top positions in Muslim society.

At that time Muslims respected our people, our faith, especially our sages and

commentators of the Pentateuch (the Book of the Prophet Musa).

They frequently came to these sages to find out more about the laws of One God.

And many of these sages served as personal advisors, healers, chroniclers and

masters of words

in luxury palaces of caliphs, kings, sultans praising their actions in the poetry and

curing them from all sorts of ails.

Famous doctor and commentator of the Pentateuch, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon