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God, as we know, gave Adam a pretty straightforward instruction: "Of every tree of the garden you are free to eat; but as for the tree of knowledge of good and bad, you must not ea...
We're talking about Cain and Abel. The story begins simply enough. As we read in Genesis (4:1-16), "Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain…" Eve, in a momen...
The story of Adam's creation, as told in Jewish tradition, is so much richer and more complex than you might think. It's not just about clay and divine breath; it's about reluctanc...
Jewish tradition offers some breathtakingly beautiful, and frankly, wild, ideas about the journey of the soul. One particularly vivid picture involves Adam, the first man, acting a...
Would we understand the unique perfection of the Divine? The text suggests that if God had created the world solely from the side of good, without any negative aspects, our minds w...
That feeling, that ancestral weight, is something Jewish tradition understands deeply. And it all starts with Seth. After the tragic story of Cain and Abel, and after a period of s...
According to Legends of the Jews, Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah, experienced not just one, but two ascensions to heaven! The first time, Enoch was still living amongst human...
Our starting point is a verse from the Book of Numbers (7:12), kicking off the offerings brought by the tribal leaders: "The one who presented..." But this simple phrase sparks a m...
That’s exactly what happens in Bamidbar Rabbah 13, a Midrash on the Book of Numbers. It all starts with a single letter: a vav. The passage asks, "vekorbano, why is there an extra ...
