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Individual passages from Legends of the Jews, shown in source order. Page 34 of 56.
It’s a dark picture painted in the Legends of the Jews, a world where humanity had truly lost its way. The Ginzberg says 's retelling, the descendants of Noah were sinking deeper a...
The ancient Jewish sages certainly thought so. Take the story of Korah, a name synonymous with rebellion. His very name, they believed, was a clue to his tragic fate. The Torah tel...
Legends of the Jews turns to Dathan and Abiram Join Korah's Rebellion Against Moses. Korah wasn't alone. Oh no, discontent rarely travels solo. According to the ancient texts, seve...
You might know him as Solomon, the wise king. But did you know that wasn't his only name? According to tradition, he was actually born with the name Jedidiah, meaning "friend of Go...
Legends of the Jews turns to Nimrod Read the Stars and Feared Abraham's Birth. In Legends of the Jews, Terah, Abraham’s father, married Emtelai, the daughter of Karnabo. A simple e...
The story of Korah's rebellion against Moses is a classic tale of ambition gone awry, but according to some traditions, it all started with a bad hair day – literally. The Zohar, t...
There's another tale, even older, that drips with similar horror: the story of Nimrod. So, Nimrod, the mighty hunter, the king who, depending on which source you read, either helpe...
Sometimes, there's a little unfinished business to take care of. And in the case of King Solomon, that unfinished business came in the form of his father, David’s, final instructio...
It all starts with Terah, Abraham's father. He marries Abraham's mother, and soon enough, she’s pregnant. But something’s… off. After just three months, she looks like she's about ...
That feeling isn’t new. to a story about Korah, a figure who challenged Moses and Aaron, found in Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, which itself draws from various Midrashic (...
Joab, a powerful military figure in King David's time, had made some enemies and overstepped some boundaries. Solomon felt he had to go. So, what does Joab do? He runs to the Beit ...
Legends of the Jews turns to Korah's Transgression of Moses. Fueled by fiery rhetoric, Korah's band of rebels confronted Moses and Aaron, their voices echoing with resentment. "You...
It’s a story filled with fear, hope, and divine intervention. A woman, heavy with child, fleeing in terror. This isn’t just any woman; this is Abraham's mother. And she’s not just ...
That’s kind of how Moses felt about Korah's rebellion. The Ginzberg's says retelling in Legends of the Jews, Moses took Korah's transgression deeply to heart, fearing that after so...
Picture a cave deep in the earth, hidden from the eyes of a murderous king. No parents, no comfort, just the cold, hard stone and the echoing silence. Abraham, newly born, was left...
Legends of the Jews turns to Moses Appeals to the Levites to Abandon Korah. Moses, seeing that Korah was beyond reason, shifted his focus. He turned to the other Levites, the men o...
The story of Korah's rebellion, found in the Book of Numbers, is one of the most dramatic and unsettling in the Torah, and the defiant words of Dathan and Abiram, two key figures i...
He wasn't just sitting idle. He was in deep conversation – but with whom? Himself? With the Divine? Then, tradition tells us, an angel appeared. Gabriel, no less! He approached Abr...
He was dealing with a situation far beyond a simple disagreement. Two men, unnamed in this particular telling, had committed some transgression serious enough to warrant a confront...
Legends of the Jews turns to Solomon Gives Joab a Chance to Defend Abner's Murder. Solomon, wise as he was, suspected Joab of some pretty dark deeds, specifically the murder of Abn...
After realizing his words were falling on deaf ears, Moses gave them a final, stark warning. He challenged Korah and his entire company: "Be thou and all thy company before the Lor...
Reached the absolute limit of what you can do to help someone, and they just... won't listen? Well, Moses knew that feeling. And the story of Korach's rebellion really brings it ho...
The story comes to us courtesy of Ginzberg's masterful retelling in Legends of the Jews, drawing from the wellspring of Jewish tradition. The air is thick with unspoken accusations...
Legends of the Jews turns to Moses's Transgression of Abiram. So, Moses, following God's instructions, tells the community to distance themselves from Dathan and Abiram. You'd thin...
Solomon, David's son and successor, has given the order. But Joab, ever the strategist, isn't going down without a fight. He makes a plea to Benaiah, the man tasked with carrying o...
Remember him? He was the dude who led a massive rebellion against Moses’s leadership in the wilderness. It wasn't just a little grumbling; it was a full-blown challenge to Moses's ...
Legends of the Jews turns to Solomon Executes Shimei and Accidentally Creates Rome. Our tale revolves around King Solomon, the wisest of men, but even he couldn’t escape the long a...
That feeling, that fleeting nature of time, echoes in a powerful story about Abraham from Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews. Abraham, not yet the patriarch we know, but a young man on...
These weren't exactly the heroes of our story, you see. Remember Korah's rebellion? Dathan and Abiram were right there, stirring up trouble. They challenged Moses's leadership, que...
The story of Korah is a chilling example. We find it in the Book of Numbers (Numbers 16), but the Rabbis and storytellers throughout the ages have embellished it, explored it, and ...
A story about Solomon, the king renowned for his wisdom, and a misstep that, according to some traditions, nearly cost Jerusalem everything. The tale begins with a double celebrati...
A pretty definitive ending, it first appears. The story doesn't stop there. Oh no. Jewish tradition loves to explore the "what happens next?" What happens to these rebels after suc...
His own mother asks him, "My son, is there a God beside Nimrod?" And without hesitation, Abraham proclaims, "Yes, mother, the God of the heavens and the God of the earth, He is als...
You remember Korah. He was the guy who led a rebellion against Moses in the wilderness, challenging his authority. And, as we read in Numbers 16, the earth opened up and swallowed ...
The story of Solomon, a king whose legendary wisdom was almost overshadowed by his transgressions. Solomon for his wisdom, but let's be real: he wasn't perfect is familiar. He slip...
Nimrod, the king, wasn't exactly thrilled about the prophecies swirling around about a child who would challenge his authority. He wasn’t just a little worried, he was terrified! A...
A fascinating story from the book of Numbers, and elaborated upon in the classic work, Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, a compilation of centuries of Jewish tradition, that e...
It all starts with a heart-wrenching dispute, a real head-scratcher. Two women stood before Solomon, both claiming to be the mother of the same child. Can you imagine the tension? ...
Legends of the Jews turns to Korah's Transgression and the Wilderness. What about Korah's sons? The story takes a surprising turn, highlighting the boundless mercy of the Divine. T...
Sometimes, it's through incredible feats of wisdom, especially when you're just a kid. Take Solomon, for example. Even before he was King, as a young lad during David's reign, he w...
It all starts, as many good stories do, with a bit of boasting. Asmodeus, the king of demons, challenged Solomon, saying that even with all his famed wisdom, there were things Solo...
The story of Abraham and Nimrod is a perfect example, and it's wild. We pick up the tale after Abraham has already begun to challenge Nimrod's authority, but now things are about t...
We all remember his story. The guy who challenged Moses’ leadership, leading a revolt that ended with the earth swallowing him and his followers whole (Numbers 16). But what happen...
The destruction of Korah and his followers is often remembered as the end of a chapter, a moment of divine justice that should have brought peace. But according to Ginzberg's retel...
Compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Solomon, famed for his wisdom, had to rule on the bizarre case of a double-headed being. It was a son of the Cainites, descendants of Cain, and th...
It wasn't exactly smooth sailing, especially when it came to his own family. In Ginzberg's retelling in, Legends of the Jews, Abraham actually encountered his parents in Babylon. A...
Moses, desperate, remembers a secret he learned during his time on Mount Sinai, when he ascended to receive the Torah. It's a pretty wild story, actually. Each angel he encountered...
It involves King Solomon, wisest of all men, and a knotty problem presented to him by none other than the king of Rome. Now, Solomon, as we know from the Bible and countless storie...
