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Not just any giant, but the giant. The one with a bed... well, you won't believe it. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, Og had this bed—fashioned out of ivor...
The ancient Moabites knew that feeling all too well. See, a little backstory is needed. Remember Sihon and Og? Those formidable Amorite kings? Well, they were expansionists. They'd...
It’s not just a simple border dispute; there's so much more bubbling beneath the surface. We find the story in Numbers 21:23: “Siḥon did not allow Israel to pass within his border,...
Our story comes from Bereshit Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations of the Book of Genesis. Specifically, we're diving into chapter 65, which grapples with the character...
And they found a surprisingly relevant metaphor in the Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet. The verse says, "all the rivers go to the sea." Kohelet Rabbah, a Midrashic collection of i...
It’s a question that’s echoed through the ages, and Jewish tradition offers some fascinating insights. Rabbi Simon, in Kohelet Rabbah, a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, mak...
We all know the big moments in his life – the covenant, the almost-sacrifice of Isaac. But sometimes the quiet moments, the unspoken fears, reveal the deepest longings of the heart...
We read phrases like "the sword of the Lord," but... swords don't literally belong to God. And they certainly don't eat flesh! So, what's going on when we read, as we do in Sifrei ...
We've all been there. Sometimes even the most ancient texts can feel a little… dry. Today, let's peek into the Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered canonical by some Eth...
