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It's more than just a tradition; it's a direct line back to one of the most pivotal moments in our history, the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac. The story goes that after Abraham pro...
That’s the feeling I get sometimes when I read certain passages in Jewish lore. Take this little gem from Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews. It's a tiny moment, a snapshot really, but...
The people of Hebron certainly did, right before Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Imagine this: It's the eve of the holiest day of the year, a time for communal prayer and reflect...
Take the tale of Jacob and Esau. As babies, they were basically indistinguishable. Like a myrtle and a thorn bush just sprouting – you can't tell them apart yet. But give them time...
According to tradition, Abraham actually died five years early. That's right. He was supposed to live to be a ripe old 180, the same age his son Isaac eventually reached. But somet...
And it all boils down to a simple bowl of lentils. Yep, lentils. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, this encounter happens soon after the death of their gran...
These brothers, figures from the very dawn of our tradition, had a sibling rivalry that's… well, legendary. We all know the story of Jacob and Esau. Twins, but as different as coul...
Take Isaac, for example. His life, as the great compilation Legends of the Jews tells us, reads like a mirror image of his father Abraham's. Abraham had to leave his homeland. So d...
The Torah hints at it in so many ways. Let's look at the story of Isaac and some very important wells. Isaac, as we know, was the son of Abraham, and he found himself in Gerar, a P...
