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The Kabbalists certainly did. They saw the human face as a microcosm, a reflection of the divine. And in the lines and contours, they found echoes of something truly profound. The ...
Specifically, it reflects the "face of the Queen," representing the 49 facets of purity through which we can understand the Torah. The image is vivid: a rose, white and red, drawin...
Spoiler alert: it wasn't. In fact, a heavenly debate raged, with the angels themselves deeply divided about whether creating humankind was a good idea. Imagine the scene. The Angel...
The animals came to him two by two, male and female, but he had no companion. So, what did the Divine do? According to the legends, God decided to give Adam a wife. Enter Lilith. U...
According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, when Abraham and his entourage finally arrived back in Canaan, they made a point of seeking out the same lodgings they'd u...
Abraham, Avraham Avinu, our father Abraham, grappled with just such a question. He believed in God’s promise that his descendants would flourish, but he yearned to understand how t...
The Torah tells us of Abraham's incredible generosity in welcoming these strangers. But even more remarkable, says tradition, is what he did next: he went with them to see them on ...
Not just a little, but so much that the very soil sparkled. Sounds like paradise. But what if that abundance bred not generosity, but an insatiable greed? That's the story of a nam...
And the story, as told in Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews, is a real nail-biter. We all know the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. These cities were, shall we say, not exactly shining ex...
