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God, in all His glory, gave Moses meticulous instructions on how to build it. Seems straightforward. Wrong. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, poor Moses des...
The Talmud, in Tractate Chullin 60b, quotes God as saying, "Dead things come before Me and leave Me imbued with life." Powerful. But what does it really mean? The Sages, in their i...
According to Legends of the Jews, everything was actually finished in the month of Kislev—that’s around November/December on our calendar. They were ready to go, eager to erect thi...
It wasn't just a quick anointing, you see. It was an entire week of living in the shadow of the Tabernacle, a period of seclusion from the everyday world, a real immersion into hol...
It wasn't just a party. It was so much more. The Mishkan, or Tabernacle, was the portable sanctuary the Israelites carried through the desert after the Exodus. A physical represent...
This tribe, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, held a special place. They were the ones dedicated to the sanctuary, the ones who served God in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, and lat...
Today, let's talk about Aaron, the High Priest, brother of Moses. We find ourselves at a somber moment: Aaron has just lost his two sons. A devastating blow. But something remarkab...
The old stories, the aggadah, are full of fascinating hints. Take the way He kept track of the Israelites back in the desert. It's said that God, in His infinite love, insisted on ...
That’s the kind of pressure the Levites, specifically the sons of Kohath, were under in the desert. Their most sacred duty, as we learn in Legends of the Jews, was transporting the...
