5 passagesc. 500 CEHebrew / AramaicCC-BY
Individual passages from Talmud Bavli, Yoma, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.
A world healed. What would that look like? Jewish tradition paints vivid pictures of the Messianic Age, a time when the world is perfected, suffering is banished, and the divine pr...
This isn't just any old rock. The Foundation Stone, or Even ha-Shetiyyah (אבן השתייה) in Hebrew, is considered the cornerstone of creation itself. It's the point from which everyth...
Sort of. The Temple in Jerusalem is in ruins. The people are devastated. According to (Nehemiah 9:4), they cry out to Yahweh, their God, in anguish. "Woe, woe!" they lament. "It is...
The Sages once captured the yetzer hara (יצר הרע), the evil inclination itself. According to Yoma 69b, they prayed for three days, and it was delivered into their hands. A fiery li...
Jewish mystical tradition speaks of something called the Pargod, and it's more fascinating than you might imagine. The Pargod (פרגוד) is described as an extraordinary curtain, a co...
