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Jacob, completely innocent, declares, "With whomever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live!" (Genesis 31:32). Ouch. As we learn in Legends of the Jews, this wasn't just a figure...
We're talking about Jacob and Esau, those iconic twins whose rivalry echoes through the ages. So, picture this: Jacob has received his father Isaac's blessing, a blessing that seem...
According to Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg, naturally drawing on earlier Midrashic sources), things were still pretty tense. See, Jacob, ever the strategist, tried to make a deal w...
Our ancestor Jacob certainly did. The Torah tells us that Jacob wrestled with an angel – a divine being – all night long (Genesis 32:25-30). But what really happened that night? Wh...
The story of Jacob arriving in Shechem in the Book of Genesis (Gen. 33:18-20) gives us a glimpse into that idea. But the Rabbis, in their infinite wisdom, expanded the narrative in...
They were terrified. "How long shall we fight with these devils?" they cried. "Let us return to our land, lest they exterminate us root and branch, without leaving a remnant." Can ...
The day after a previous, unspecified battle – because life in the ancient world was pretty much one battle after another. – our heroes arrived at Sartan. Now, Sartan wasn't just a...
We know so much about their journeys, their struggles, their revelations... but how did they actually go? Let's turn our attention to the passing of Isaac. Ginzberg, in Legends of ...
According to Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews, the brothers were so consumed with malice that they decided to finish their meal before carrying out their deadly plan. A chilling deta...
