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The Torah tells us that Rachel was barren for a long time while her sister, Leah, bore Jacob four sons. Now, the text doesn't say Rachel was simply jealous. Instead, the Legends of...
Our story today takes us back to Jacob, and his daring escape from his father-in-law, Laban. Jacob, after years of laboring for Laban, felt it was time to return to his homeland. H...
He's got his family, his flocks, and a whole lot of baggage—emotional and otherwise. He's facing the very real possibility of a showdown with his estranged brother, Esau, and the c...
: Jacob sent messengers ahead, bearing gifts, with instructions to address Esau as "my lord... from his slave Jacob." It sounds deferential, doesn’t it? But according to the legend...
Remember him? One of Jacob's sons? According to Legends of the Jews, Michael, the archangel himself, took Levi up to heaven! Imagine that for a moment. A whirlwind trip to the cele...
It's not always about literal battles, but sometimes… well, sometimes it is! Take this story, for instance, from Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, drawing from various Midrashic sour...
The sages tell us that Jacob made a vow at Beth-el (the House of God) long ago. But he didn't fulfill it promptly. And according to the legends, this had dire repercussions. The ra...
One story tells us that among the idols Jacob destroyed, there was one shaped like a dove. And wouldn’t you know it, the Samaritans later dug it up and started worshiping it again!...
We often focus on the heroes and villains, the miracles and the wars. But what about the everyday lives of these people, the grief and the small joys that shaped them? Let's turn o...
