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Let’s turn our attention to the sons of Jacob, and consider their final moments, as described in Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews. We'll start with Levi. We read that he finished giv...
Not just a bad day, but their life completely shattered, hope seemingly extinguished. That's the scene that confronts Job's friends in one of the most poignant moments in Jewish tr...
Let's take a little journey upward, following in the footsteps of Moses himself. Imagine this: Moses, during his ascent, arrives at the fifth heaven. What does he see? Hosts upon h...
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...
Your name is tied to your identity, your reputation. But what about God’s name? What does that tell us? The story goes that Moses, finally convinced he had to be the one to lead th...
He is the ultimate power in Egypt, and he is absolutely convinced of his own divinity. So, when Moses and Aaron come to him with their message – "Let my people go, that they may se...
It all started in a place called Elim. : when the world was first formed, the Almighty set up twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees there. Why those numbers? Well, they corr...
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...
Jewish tradition certainly thinks so, and it gives us some pretty compelling stories to illustrate this point. Think about the building of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, that portabl...
