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Jewish tradition offers some powerful and moving images of what happens to the souls of the righteous after death. And some of these images paint a picture of them continuing to fi...
We often picture the shame, the hardship... but what about the stuff? Did he get to take anything with him? Well, according to one fascinating folktale recounted in Howard Schwartz...
It's more than just a historical event; it’s a foundational myth, packed with layers of meaning. But what if I told you the pain, the suffering, the sheer brutality of the Egyptian...
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...
Jewish tradition certainly thinks so. And there’s a powerful story that illustrates just how deeply connected we are across generations, a story about the pleading of the fathers a...
Jewish tradition offers some fascinating glimpses, and one particularly dramatic scene involves Satan himself getting a sneak peek at the Messiah. The story goes that even before t...
One of the most powerful, and frankly, unsettling, of these stories is the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac. It all starts with a test. God, in perhaps the ultimate trial of faith, as...
In the house of Jacob, that dance of happiness and grief played out on a grand scale. Let's rewind. Remember Deborah, Rebekah's nurse? She wasn't just a caregiver; she was family. ...
We all know the story of Joseph and his brothers. Sold into slavery in Egypt, he rises to prominence, eventually saving his family from famine. But let's rewind and look at the ver...
