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The Book of Jubilees, an ancient Jewish text, speaks directly to that feeling, especially when it comes to sacred obligations. It pulls no punches: "That man who is clean and close...
Not just any Passover, but the Passover as envisioned in the Book of Jubilees. The Book of Jubilees, for those unfamiliar, is an ancient Jewish text that retells the stories of Gen...
And the Lord spake unto Mosheh, Yet one stroke will I bring upon Pharoh and upon the Mizraee, which shall be greater than all, and afterward will he send you hence: when he release...
Jewish tradition certainly sees things that way, especially when we look at the plagues visited upon ancient Egypt. It wasn't just random suffering; each plague, according to our s...
Some folks sneak around, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce. Others? They give you a heads-up, a warning shot across the bow. That difference, believe it or not, is at the he...
We all know the story: Moses and Aaron plead with Pharaoh, Pharaoh refuses, plagues ensue. But what about the details? The little human moments tucked away in the grand narrative? ...
We often think of it as simply the death of the firstborn sons, but the scope, according to some fascinating interpretations in our tradition, was far, far wider. Pharaoh, blinded ...
We’re diving into a fascinating passage from Bamidbar Rabbah 14, which wrestles with a seemingly redundant verse in Numbers 7:85: “One hundred and thirty was each silver dish, and ...
The Book of Genesis 14:15 tells us, "He divided up against them at night, he and his servants, and he smote them and pursued them until Ḥova, which is north of Damascus." But it’s ...
