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We know the big story: the plagues, the Exodus, the parting of the Red Sea. But what about the nitty-gritty details of those first few days of freedom? The Book of Jasher, a text m...
We often picture the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, guiding them, protecting them. But what if I told you there's a tradition that paints an even more inti...
We read the first chapter of Genesis and it feels so…orderly. But there are other stories, wilder tales, that offer a glimpse into creation’s messy, mysterious birth. Let's journey...
Jewish tradition offers some fascinating, and at times unsettling, explanations. One story, found scattered in sources like Pesikta Rabbati and Yalkut Re'uveni, centers around a fi...
We read, "the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep" (Gen. 1:2). Pretty straightforward. But hold on. The Torah doesn't say God created the dark...
It sounds radical, I know. But let's delve into a fascinating, and perhaps surprising, corner of Jewish tradition: the enthronement of Moses. According to some accounts, God bestow...
And when it comes to Peri Etz Hadar – the "Fruit of the Goodly Tree," that is, the etrog – that feeling goes into overdrive. It's a whole system for elevating what we eat. Specific...
Let's delve into one such fascinating concept, the radiance of the forehead, as explored in Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound Kabbalistic text. The text suggests that the forehea...
It’s a question that’s haunted humanity for millennia, and Jewish mysticism grapples with it head-on. The Kalach Pitchei Chokhmah, a profound text of Kabbalah, offers a startlingly...
