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Take the moment after the Flood, when the world is starting over. God gives Noah and his family a new covenant, a new set of rules. And smack dab in the middle of it, we find this:...
Don't eat meat with blood still in it. But, as is often the case with Jewish tradition, there's so much more to unpack here. This verse, part of the covenant God makes with Noah an...
Maybe you’re striving for perfection but keep falling short. Well, the ancient sages had something to say about that, something that resonates even today. Philo, a Jewish philosoph...
(Genesis 9:21). It's a head-scratcher. What are we supposed to make of that? The question itself isn't new. Generations of interpreters have wrestled with this verse. And one fasci...
It's like the biblical text is hinting at something more, inviting us to dig a little deeper. Take, for example, the story of Noah and his sons after the flood. It's a well-known t...
The tale of Noah and his sons after the flood certainly has that quality. We're talking about the incident where Ham sees his father naked and then tells his brothers. It seems sim...
Philo tackles a seemingly simple question: why are Shem, Ham, and Japhet, the sons of Noah, listed in that specific order? Some might assume it's based on age, with the first-named...
What became of Cain? The Bible tells us he wandered, marked and cursed, after the murder of his brother Abel. But the Torah is silent on the details of his death. So, naturally, th...
It’s a tale of hunger, deception, and a choice that would reverberate through generations. The story, as pieced together in Legends of the Jews by Ginzberg, isn't just about a simp...
