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The Torah tells us in Numbers 13 that they departed from Kadesh-Barnea. But where did they go first? The south of Palestine, the least impressive part. Now, why would Moses do that...
The ancient stories certainly resonate with that feeling. Today, we’re diving into a powerful moment in the relationship between God and the Israelites after the Exodus, a moment f...
The ancient Jewish sages certainly thought so. Take the story of Korah, a name synonymous with rebellion. His very name, they believed, was a clue to his tragic fate. The Torah tel...
That’s kind of how Moses felt about Korah's rebellion. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, Moses took Korah's transgression deeply to heart, fearing that afte...
The story of Korah's rebellion, found in the Book of Numbers, is one of the most dramatic and unsettling in the Torah, and the defiant words of Dathan and Abiram, two key figures i...
We all remember his story. The guy who challenged Moses’ leadership, leading a revolt that ended with the earth swallowing him and his followers whole (Numbers 16). But what happen...
We often think of the destruction of Korah and his followers as the end of a chapter, a moment of divine justice that should have brought peace. But according to Ginzberg's retelli...
Moses, desperate, remembers a secret he learned during his time on Mount Sinai, when he ascended to receive the Torah. It's a pretty wild story, actually. Each angel he encountered...
That’s kind of the vibe of the Israelites' story as they wander the desert. After the infamous spy incident, where they balked at entering the Promised Land, they were sentenced to...
