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.

Noah Before the Altar

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:9

We get a fascinating, if slightly scandalous, glimpse in the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Genesis and Exo...

Temple

Watchers: Noah at the Dawn of Creation

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:26

We know he built an altar, offered sacrifices (Genesis 8:20), and, well, planted a vineyard (Genesis 9:20-21). But what about teaching? Did he just let humanity wander off to rebui...

CreationNoah & FloodTorah

Wanderings of Noah and Talk

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:34

We usually think of him as just relieved, planting vineyards, maybe a little… tipsy. But imagine being Noah. You’ve just survived the unimaginable. The entire world, wiped clean. Y...

Noah & FloodExile

Noah Beyond the Firmament and Gihon

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:40

One fascinating, if somewhat enigmatic, text that attempts to answer this very question is the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees, a Jewish work of the Second Temple period, offers a uniqu...

HeavenAdam & Eve

Ark of Salvation and Noah

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 10:1

And our tradition, Jewish tradition, certainly doesn’t shy away from trying to answer it. Today, let's peek into the Book of Jubilees, a text that, while not part of the standard H...

Noah & FloodRepentance

The Great Flood

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 10:18

The Book of Jubilees, a text considered scripture by some but not included in the standard Jewish or Christian Bibles, fills in gaps in the Genesis story. It's like the director's ...

DemonsNoah & FloodJob

Abraham's Prayer and Avram

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 11:26

That’s kind of the vibe we get when we look at the early life of Abraham, or Avram as he was known then. to the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating ancient Jewish text that expands on ...

Prayer

Account of Abraham

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 12:1

We often think of it as a slow, gradual process. But what if I told you there's a story that credits Abraham with being the original agricultural innovator? It’s a fascinating idea...

Elijah

Moses's Offering and Abram

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 12:12

Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories from Genesis and Exodus, but with some… shall we say, interesting additions. It's considered pseu...