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We all know the story: God, in his awesome power, struck down the firstborn of Egypt as the final, devastating blow to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites from bondage. But ...
Maybe your parents didn't sign you up for piano lessons, or you never got that trip to Disney World. But what about something more fundamental, something tied to your very identity...
The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, gives us a pretty strong clue. It’s considered apocryphal, meaning it’s not included in the standard Jewis...
The Torah tells us that Pharaoh rose in the night, after the plague of the firstborn. But the Legends of the Jews, drawing on various midrashic sources, paints an even more vivid p...
In Tikkunei Zohar 99, we find a fascinating idea: the left side is associated with Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, a time of judgment and introspection. The right side? That's Passove...
Take tefillin, those leather boxes containing sacred scrolls that observant Jews bind to their arm and forehead during morning prayer. Ever stopped to wonder about their significan...
The one who led the Israelites out of Egypt, received the Ten Commandments…even he had moments where he had to turn to a higher power for guidance. The Legends of the Jews, that in...
We all know the story of Passover, the Korban Pesach, the Paschal lamb. But there's a layer to the story that adds so much depth, a detail that speaks volumes about covenant and re...
But the Rabbis of the Talmud never take anything at face value. They immediately ask: Why does the Torah even need to say this? Isn't it obvious? R. Yoshiyah starts with a powerful...
