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We know that CANAAN, son of HAM, and his descendants settled in the land. But the story goes that they didn’t exactly have permission. According to Legends of the Jews, Canaan disr...
Things weren't exactly smooth sailing between them. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, the tension that was building between their servants had escalated to ...
According to Legends of the Jews, this departure had a pretty serious consequence, setting the stage for a major war. You see, Lot wanted to settle in the lush kikkar ha-Yarden, th...
It’s closer than you might think. Imagine the scene: Sodom, ripe for the taking, its riches and food plundered by victorious armies. But amidst the spoils, they seize Lot, Abraham’...
to one such moment in the life of Abraham, a story so incredible it practically leaps off the page. We all know the story: Abraham, the righteous one, goes to war to rescue his nep...
Take Abraham, for example. We know him as the patriarch, the father of our faith. But have you heard the legends of his battles? Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, paints a picture ...
Abraham, Avraham Avinu, our father Abraham, grappled with just such a question. He believed in God’s promise that his descendants would flourish, but he yearned to understand how t...
We read about him cutting them in half in Genesis 15, but the Torah is often frustratingly brief. It leaves us hanging, doesn't it? Well, the Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg) picks u...
Sometimes, the stories behind them are even more incredible than the rituals themselves. Let's talk about brit milah, circumcision, and a story that links it to the holiest day of ...
