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The story of the Exodus, the Israelite's escape from Egypt, is one of the most powerful narratives in Jewish tradition. We all know the broad strokes: slavery, Pharaoh, plagues, th...
According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, the final judgment meted out to the Egyptians was a direct reflection of the malicious intentions they held for the Israel...
I don't mean klezmer or cantorial music, but something deeper, something woven into the very fabric of our story. What if I told you that Jewish tradition speaks of nine specific s...
The Israelites, fresh from their miraculous escape from Egypt, faced just such a dilemma. Imagine the scene: the Red Sea has just crashed back down, swallowing Pharaoh's army whole...
It all started in a place called Elim. : when the world was first formed, the Almighty set up twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees there. Why those numbers? Well, they corr...
The Israelites, fresh from their miraculous escape from Egypt, certainly had. They were wandering in the desert, sustained by manna, that miraculous bread from heaven. It was nouri...
It’s a very human thing. And according to Jewish tradition, it’s a mistake the Israelites made, with some rather painful consequences. Picture this: The Israelites are fresh out of...
Today, let's talk about Amalek. You might remember Amalek from the Bible – this was the nation that attacked the Israelites shortly after their miraculous Exodus from Egypt. It see...
Sometimes, it's not those who’ve lived with the miraculous all their lives, but rather a newcomer, a convert, who can see it most clearly. Our story begins with Jethro, the father-...
