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Turns out, the rabbinic tradition has quite a bit to say about its motivations and character. The Torah tells us, "Noah opened the window of the ark that he had made and sent out t...
It’s one of those enduring mysteries that tugs at the imagination. Where did they go? Did they assimilate? Are they still out there, waiting to be found? Well, Jewish folklore offe...
But Jewish tradition speaks of just such a place: the city of Luz. Imagine a city whose histories are meticulously kept, filled with all the details of life and learning, spanning ...
What does it truly mean for the Messiah to come? What would be required? We often hear about the miraculous, the earth-shattering changes that the arrival of Mashiach – the Messiah...
This one comes to us from a letter written in the fall of 1665 by Nathan of Gaza, the prophet of Shabbatai Zevi, a figure who stirred up messianic fervor like few others. It's a vi...
It’s a powerful and, frankly, pretty startling image. Jewish tradition, in certain strands, paints just such a picture. The idea of a suffering Messiah isn't exactly front and cent...
But Jewish tradition is full of surprises. And one of the most striking is the image of the Messiah, not as a triumphant king, but as someone held captive, waiting for us to set hi...
Maybe that’s because the rainbow we see today isn’t the rainbow of the Messiah. Not yet, anyway. : the rainbow we know is a promise, a beautiful one, certainly. It's a reminder of ...
We get glimpses, whispers, from our tradition. And some of them are Take this one, about the skin of the Leviathan... So, picture this: the World to Come, Olam Ha-Ba. It's a place ...
