Parshat Lech Lecha

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God calls Abraham to leave his homeland for Canaan. Covers Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, the separation from Lot, the war of the kings, and the covenant between the pieces. Genesis 12:1-17:27.

Moses Studies Torah and Aaron

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:45

According to Ginzberg's masterful retelling in Legends of the Jews, God wasn't just concerned with delivering the Torah to the Israelites. He was concerned with how it was delivere...

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Mount Sinai's Transgression and Wilt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:51

According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, the very voice of the Divine, booming forth, caused heaven and earth to shake. Can you picture it? The sheer power of it w...

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Hell and Its Gates of Israelites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:53

We often picture it as a booming voice echoing across the desert, but the rabbinic tradition paints a far more intricate – and frankly, – picture. Imagine this: to truly drive home...

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Moses's Transgression and Ineffable

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:57

There's a beautiful, reassuring interpretation nestled within it. According to Legends of the Jews, when Moses heard this, he thanked God. Yes, you read that right. He understood t...

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The Ten Commandments of Israelites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:71

According to Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, after hearing those earth-shattering pronouncements, the Israelites thought, "Yes! This is it! God's going to reveal the entire Torah [...

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The Ten Commandments and Kemuel

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:78

We often focus on the Ten Commandments themselves, but the experience rippled through the entire Israelite community in ways that are, well, almost unbelievable. According to Legen...

CreationHeavenAngelsMoses

Moses Beyond the Firmament and Joseph

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:98

It wasn't just a random act of idol worship, oh no. The seeds of that disaster, according to some fascinating legends, were sown long before. Let's rewind to the Exodus. Remember w...

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The Golden Calf and Sanhedrin

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:99

Let's talk about the Golden Calf. We all know the story: Moses is up on Mount Sinai getting the Ten Commandments, and the Israelites, impatient and scared, build a golden idol to w...

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The Golden Calf and Israelites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 2:100

We all know the story: Moses goes up Mount Sinai, gets the Ten Commandments, and the Israelites, left to their own devices, panic. But the story, as we find it in Legends of the Je...

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