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The Jewish tradition offers a fascinating answer, one beautifully illustrated in the story of Moses, the great lawgiver. Before he led the Israelites out of Egypt, before the burni...
Even Moses, arguably the most important prophet in Judaism, tried to avoid his divine calling. And, as the Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg) tells us, he paid a price for that relucta...
According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, the day Moses and Aaron made their grand entrance was actually Pharaoh's birthday. Can you imagine the pomp and circumstan...
According to Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, as the time approached for the Israelites' redemption from Egyptian slavery, a dilemma arose. They hadn't accumulated enough goo...
Jewish tradition understands that feeling. Deeply. There's this passage in Heikhalot Rabbati, a text from the Heikhalot literature – mystical writings exploring heavenly palaces an...
And it knows that God feels it too. In the Heikhalot Rabbati, a text from the Heikhalot literature—these are the ancient mystical texts describing ascents to the divine realms—we f...
A being named Dumiel appears in the heavenly halls — but is that truly his only name? The text poses a question: "And is Dumiel indeed his name? And is not ’byrghydrhym (i.e. Air E...
It’s a powerful image, isn’t it? The freedom, the potential… “Blessed be thou, O Lord, who art wise in secrets and master of hidden things. Amen. Amen...." But what if that ladder ...
That’s the feeling that leaps off the page when reading the opening lines of Mitpachat Sefarim. The author declares, with a fervor that's almost palpable, that their aspiration sin...
