Parshat Behar

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The sabbatical year, the jubilee year, laws of land ownership, and the prohibition against usury. Leviticus 25:1-26:2.

Sinai: Moses's Transgression

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 1:8

We're going to delve into a text that's both familiar and strangely… different. A book that whispers of secrets given directly to Moses on Mount Sinai. I'm talking about the Book o...

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Paradise Above

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 2:11

That’s where texts like the Book of Jubilees come in. It's a fascinating ancient Jewish work, considered scripture by some, that expands on the Genesis account. to its version of c...

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Adam at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 3:5

The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered scripture by some Jewish and Christian traditions, gives us a glimpse into those initial moments. It paints a picture of a world...

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Eve in Paradise and Adam

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 3:9

Garden, apple, serpent... But have you ever felt like there's more to the tale than meets the eye? Well, let's pull back the curtain a bit, and look at a fascinating, lesser-known ...

Adam & Eve

Holy Sanctuary

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 3:17

It might surprise you to learn that some of it isn't directly from the Torah we read in synagogues. Let's talk about a text called the Book of Jubilees. The Book of Jubilees, also ...

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Watchers in Heaven

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 4:32

The Torah tells us simply that "Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God took him" (Genesis 5:24). A bit mysterious, isn't it? Well, the Book of Jubilees – a fascinating ...

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Marriage of Lamech and Noah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 4:39

Today, we're focusing on a small but powerful passage from chapter 4. The Book of Jubilees tells us that in the fifteenth jubilee period – a "jubilee" being a period of 49 years – ...

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The Great Flood and Shavuot

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:25

Specifically, we're looking at chapter 6. This book, considered scripture by some Jewish groups in antiquity (like the Essenes who lived at Qumran), offers a fascinating perspectiv...

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Moses's Transgression

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:56

Ancient texts wrestled with this too, and the Book of Jubilees dives deep into the complexities of time, observance, and the potential for things to go terribly, terribly wrong. Th...

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