Parshat Behaalotecha

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The lighting of the menorah, the Levites' consecration, the silver trumpets, complaints about manna, and Miriam's punishment. Numbers 8:1-12:16.

Moses Studies Torah and Aaron

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:45

According to Ginzberg's masterful retelling in Legends of the Jews, God wasn't just concerned with delivering the Torah to the Israelites. He was concerned with how it was delivere...

MosesTorahTempleHoly Land

Paths of Judgment and Thou

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:66

The text suggests that false testimony can actually disrupt the natural order, causing the clouds to scatter, leading to drought and famine! It's a pretty dire image. And the reaso...

Hell/GehennaAdam & EveMosesTorah

Moses's Transgression and Hadarniel

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:79

The story, as retold by Ginzberg in Legends of the Jews, introduces us to this angel, a being named Hadarniel. This angel, it's said, towers over his brethren, exceeding them by si...

CreationHeavenAngelsAdam & Eve

Giving of the Torah and Sandalphon

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:82

That’s a glimpse into what Moses experienced on his journey to receive the Torah. According to Legends of the Jews by Ginzberg, the encounter with the angel Sandalphon was so inten...

HeavenMosesJobHoly Land

Throne of Glory and Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:84

According to some traditions, the journey up the mountain was even more perilous than we imagine. Moses, a mortal man, ascending to the very Throne of Glory, surrounded by angels.....

CreationHeavenJosephMoses

Giving of the Torah

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:120

And it's a question that Moses, our great leader, dared to ask. Even after witnessing incredible miracles, after leading the Israelites out of Egypt, after receiving the Torah itse...

MosesMysticismPrayer

Moses Receives the Torah and Aaron

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:136

It wasn't just about standing on a mountain and shouting it out. It was far more intricate, more personal. Imagine this: Moses receives the word directly from God. First in line to...

MosesTorahHoly Land

Moses and the Origins of the World

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:145

Our ancestors did. Even Moses, the great lawgiver himself, felt it. In fact, according to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, Moses experienced such fear not just once, bu...

CreationHeavenJosephMoses

Solomon Beyond the Firmament and Temple

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:18

We know the menorah was originally housed in the Tabernacle, that portable sanctuary that accompanied the Israelites through the desert. Later, it found its permanent home in the T...

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