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Take Jacob, for example. The narrative surrounding Jacob in Jewish tradition is… well, let's just say it's complicated. He’s a patriarch, one of the foundational figures of our peo...
We often think of Balaam as the sorcerer hired to curse the Israelites, and Jannes and Jambres as the magicians who opposed Moses in Pharaoh’s court, but they had lives, families, ...
The tale begins when Moses, at the ripe old age of 67, leaves Ethiopia. Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, tells us this was the moment divinely appointed to liberate Israel from th...
We pick up the tale after Moses has helped Zipporah and her sisters at the well, driving away the rowdy shepherds. After sharing the story of her father’s miraculous rod – yes, tha...
The story of Moses gives us a profound glimpse into that very question. We all know Moses as Moshe Rabbenu, "Moses our Teacher," the one who led the Israelites out of Egypt and rec...
There's a lot more to that thorny shrub than meets the eye. Our tradition teaches us that the choice was far from arbitrary. In fact, the humble thorn-bush, or seneh in Hebrew, was...
We know he received the Torah, but what was the journey like? What did heaven look like? Well, according to Legends of the Jews, that incredible compilation by Louis Ginzberg, Mose...
Our ancestor Moses knew that feeling all too well. Imagine this: God Himself appears to you, commissioning you to lead an entire nation out of slavery. Sounds pretty epic. But Mose...
According to Legends of the Jews, as retold by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, the great leader wasn't exactly racing toward his destiny. He was accompanied by his wife and children, yes, an...
