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We all know the story: the rains came, the world flooded, and Noah, his family, and a whole menagerie of animals survived in a giant boat. But have you ever stopped to think about ...
It’s a story rooted deep in the Flood narrative, and it's got some seriously fascinating layers. After the great flood, Noah needed to know if the waters had receded. So, he sent o...
We all know the story of Noah, the flood, and the animals saved two-by-two. But have you ever stopped to consider the logistics? How did Noah manage all those creatures for over a ...
It must have been overwhelming, the weight of a destroyed world, the responsibility of rebuilding it all. Well, according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, a fascinating collection of sto...
Take, for example, the story of the oath to Noah after the flood. Why do our sages, according to Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer, institute that we should mention the oath to Noah every sin...
Sometimes, the answer is far more insidious, far more…internal. Let’s turn our gaze to the story of Sodom, a name that has become synonymous with wickedness. But what really happen...
His life was practically a masterclass in overcoming adversity. We often think of Abraham's trials, his nisyonot, as being primarily about faith – being asked to sacrifice Isaac, f...
Jewish tradition actually recognizes this, identifying three specific kinds of "afflictions" that test us: the affliction of the fast, the affliction of the prison, and the afflict...
There’s usually a story behind it, a reason that goes way back. Take circumcision, for instance. Beyond the physical act, did you know there's a tradition of covering the foreskin ...
