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What about the really dark stuff? Well, according to Legends of the Jews, compiled by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, Moses actually took a trip to hell. I know. Quite the field trip. The st...
We get glimpses in the Torah, of course, but the rabbinic imagination, fueled by Midrash and legend, fills in so much more of the picture. What did he witness in those higher realm...
We're not talking about folks who cut you off in traffic. We're talking about those who commit the most heinous sins imaginable. What awaits them? Jewish tradition, particularly in...
The Torah tells us that Moses gathered the elders and performed miracles to prove his divine appointment. But according to the Legends of the Jews, as retold by Rabbi Louis Ginzber...
Turns out, Moses knew exactly how that felt, way back in ancient Egypt. Imagine this: Moses, chosen by God to lead his people out of slavery, invites the elders of Israel to join h...
Because true magic, the kind wielded by prophets and emanating from the Divine, is something else entirely. Consider the story of the Egyptian magicians and their fateful encounter...
That’s what the Egyptians faced during one of the most terrifying plagues described in the Torah: the plague of darkness. But this wasn’t just any darkness. The text tells us it wa...
But there's a problem. A big one. Sacrifices, especially the Passover sacrifice, the korban Pesach, can only be eaten within the boundaries of the Holy Land. So, how could they pos...
We read about it in the Torah, of course, but the Rabbis, through Midrash and aggadah, filled in the details, painting a vibrant picture of that miraculous journey. Imagine this: T...
