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The ancient Israelites knew that feeling all too well. They were facing defeat after defeat, calamity after calamity. But in the midst of it all, a figure emerged: Samuel. It wasn’...
It’s easy to imagine them as these larger-than-life figures, all might and no moral compass. But what if their greatness actually lay in their unwavering commitment to justice? Tak...
King David, the shepherd-turned-king, slayer of Goliath, composer of Psalms… He occupies a monumental space in Jewish tradition. But his story is far from simple. The tale of David...
King David, the sweet singer of Israel, knew that feeling all too well. According to the Legends of the Jews, collected and retold by Rabbi Louis Ginzberg, David’s reign wasn’t all...
It’s a heavy idea, and in the vast tapestry of Jewish legend, we find a powerful example of this in the story of King David and the Gibeonites. We pick up the story after the earli...
The story revolves around a famine in Israel, a famine attributed to King Saul's transgression against the Gibeonites. You see, long ago, Joshua had made a pact with the Gibeonites...
We know David yearned to build a house for God, a permanent resting place for the Ark of the Covenant. Yet, it was his son, Solomon, who ultimately fulfilled that sacred task. Why?...
As Ginzberg retells it in Legends of the Jews, at that very moment, an angel descended, not to offer comfort, but to execute judgment. The angel slew four of David's sons, the prop...
We often hear about the heroes, the kings, the prophets... but what about their wives, their mothers, the women who shaped their destinies? Let's talk about Abigail, one of the mos...
