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.

A Stone From Mount Sinai

Tree of Souls

You're not alone. But have you ever wondered why that wall, of all the Temple, still stands? There are many explanations, of course, both historical and theological. But Jewish tra...

TorahMosesTempleHoly Land

Mount Sinai and the Origins of the World

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:9

According to some fascinating Jewish traditions, it kind of does. Imagine this: God, in His infinite wisdom, creates the universe. A dazzling display of stars, planets, oceans, mou...

CreationHeavenMosesTorah

Moses's Transgression and Pharaoh

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:87

We often think of it as a commandment straight from Mount Sinai, a divine decree etched in stone. And it is. But the story, as it often does in Jewish tradition, has layers and nua...

CreationJosephMosesPrayer

Mount Sinai's Transgression and Desert

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:22

But did you know it has six names? for a second. Six different names, each hinting at a different facet of that earth-shattering moment. It’s like trying to describe a diamond – yo...

MosesTorahProphecyRepentance

Mount Sinai's Transgression and Wilt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:51

According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, the very voice of the Divine, booming forth, caused heaven and earth to shake. Can you picture it? The sheer power of it w...

CreationHeavenHell/GehennaJob

Mount Sinai's Vision and Calf

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:96

The moment at Mount Sinai. Imagine it: Revelation itself, unfolding before the eyes of all Israel. The Torah, the divine instruction, about to be given. A moment of unparalleled fa...

Hell/GehennaAngelsMosesJob

The Golden Calf and Tabernacle

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:53

While Moses was up on Mount Sinai receiving the Torah, they were down below, melting their gold into a Golden Calf (Exodus 32). A pretty devastating moment. But here's where it get...

MosesTempleRepentanceSabbath

Mount Sinai's Transgression of Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:31

It wasn't just a chaotic mass of people wandering aimlessly, that's for sure. According to the traditions, there was a real method to the madness, a divinely inspired order. The st...

AngelsPatriarchsMosesTemple

Golden Calf and the Dreamer

Midrash Rabbah Bamidbar Rabbah 7:4

Leprosy, for example, wasn't just a disease. According to some Jewish traditions, it could be a sign of something deeper, a consequence of wrongdoing. But what wrongdoing specifica...

JosephMosesKing DavidJob