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He addressed them with words that still resonate today. He said: "God gave you the Torah and wrought marvels for you." It wasn’t just about receiving the law; it was about being ch...
We often picture him receiving the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, in a moment of serene revelation. But Jewish tradition suggests it was a far more intense, even ...
We find Moses in a rather… argumentative mood. It all starts when Moses witnesses God writing the attribute of "long-suffering" – in Hebrew, erekh apayim – into the Torah. Now, ere...
We all know the story: the Ten Commandments, the Golden Calf... but what about the moments in between? The feelings, the doubts, the sheer weight of responsibility? According to Gi...
We all know the story: Moses is up on Mount Sinai, receiving the Torah, and the Israelites, impatient and doubting, melt down their gold and fashion a false idol. Moses descends, s...
According to the legends, those forty days and nights were a whirlwind education. Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews tells us that Moses received it all up there: not just the Torah – ...
That’s precisely what Moses did on Mount Sinai. The story, as recounted in Legends of the Jews by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, is truly astonishing. Moses, up on the mountain receiving th...
It wasn't just a tent, it was a statement. A declaration of relationship. According to Legends of the Jews, the story begins with the people approaching God. They essentially say, ...
Build the Tabernacle first, and then create the Ark of the Covenant, the special chest to house the Torah. Makes sense. But then came Bezalel, the master craftsman, with a differen...
