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Turns out, according to some pretty amazing stories, it wasn't as simple as just saying "yes." Before that earth-shattering covenant, before the words were etched in stone, Moses, ...
Build the Tabernacle first, and then create the Ark of the Covenant, the special chest to house the Torah. Makes sense. But then came Bezalel, the master craftsman, with a differen...
Scope out the land, see what's what. But it goes so terribly wrong. According to Legends of the Jews, it's not just about the spies' report itself, but about the very desire to sen...
It all starts with a story, a tale of spies, tears, and a day destined for sorrow. Imagine this: Moses and Aaron, leaders of the Israelites, send spies to scout out the land of Can...
Imagine: forty years wandering the desert. Forty years! And according to tradition, it was all their own fault. Moses, their leader, didn’t hold back as they stood on the cusp of f...
Balaam, you might recall, was a non-Jewish prophet hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse the Israelites. But Balaam’s journey to curse them takes a turn for the surreal when his d...
That, my friends, is a glimpse into the heart of Moses at the end of his life. He's standing there, so close to the Promised Land, after leading the Israelites through forty years ...
That’s exactly what happened to Elisha, the devoted disciple of the fiery prophet Elijah. You see, Elijah had promised Elisha a "double portion" of his spirit. And according to Leg...
Yet, even he wasn't perfect. The story goes that when envoys from Babylon came to visit, Hezekiah made some… questionable choices. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of t...
