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But what about the generations that followed? What were they up to? The Book of Jasher, an ancient text referenced in the Bible itself (Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18), offers some...
The Torah portion of Noah certainly gives us food for thought on that subject. It's a story of survival, new beginnings...and a rather unfortunate curse. We all know the tale: the ...
The story of the Tower of Babel is a classic tale exploring that very theme. It’s a story about ambition gone wild, about a collective "we can do anything" attitude that ultimately...
Total devastation. But what if I told you it was more than just divine punishment? What if it was, in a way, a cosmic reset button linked to something called the "breaking of the v...
Specifically, Tikkunei Zohar 121 calls out to the very foundations of our faith, the patriarchs themselves. "Rise O Patriarchs, Masters of the Covenant!" the text implores. It's an...
That’s essentially Noah's predicament in the lead-up to the Flood. According to Legends of the Jews, even after God decided, with a heavy heart, that the world had become too corru...
It's more than just pretty colors. Jewish tradition sees that rainbow, the bow in the cloud, as a very specific promise. A promise from God. The Torah tells us that after the great...
We all know the story: Noah gets a little too happy with the grape juice after the flood, and...well, let's just say he wasn't dressed for the occasion. His son Ham sees him this w...
But the story, as often happens, is richer and more nuanced than we might initially think. The Torah tells us that thirteen years after Ishmael's birth, God commanded Abraham to pe...
