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Remember how Moses desperately wanted to lead the Israelites into the Promised Land? We've talked about that burning desire before. But Samael, that ever-present adversary, was det...
The stories surrounding the giving of the Torah are filled with this kind of fiery devotion. In fact, the text tells us that at a certain point, overcome with emotion, Israel decla...
He's one of those figures in Jewish tradition that just makes your skin crawl. Doeg's most terrible act, as recounted in Legends of the Jews, was his betrayal of the priests of Nob...
It's fascinating to consider. According to Legends of the Jews, those who settled in Samaria after the Assyrians deported the Ten Tribes weren’t exactly quick to embrace the Jewish...
One particularly fascinating legend, recounted in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, tells of the Sons of Moses and their miraculous escape. Imagine this: After a devastating massacre...
One figure who lived through this unimaginable time was Baruch, the loyal scribe and companion of the prophet Jeremiah. The Talmud tells us that Baruch ben Neriah was not just a sc...
We left Belshazzar throwing a wild party, desecrating the sacred vessels from the Temple in Jerusalem (Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, Vol. 4). It was a brazen act of arrogance, a s...
He was trying to rally the Jewish people to return to Palestine, to rebuild their lives and their Temple. It sounds like a monumental, spiritually charged moment. A chance to rebui...
That feeling isn't new. It echoes down through generations, all the way to the story of Mordecai in the Book of Esther. Imagine the scene: The Jewish people are facing annihilation...
