Parshat Pekudei

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The completion of the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, and the glory of God filling the Tabernacle. Exodus 38:21-40:38.

Simeon in Battle

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:97

The offerings each tribe brought to the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, give us some fascinating clues. Take the tribe of Gad, for instance. Remember Simeon, sword in hand, battling to de...

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Naphtali's Offering and Abraham

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:103

But what if those offerings weren't just about following instructions? What if they were packed with symbolism, connecting the dots back to our ancestors? Let's take a look at the ...

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Peor at the Temple

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:106

It’s easy to see them as just… well, sacrifices. But in the Jewish mystical tradition, everything has deeper significance, a symbolic echo connecting the earthly and the divine. Th...

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Aaron: Moses and the Origins of the World

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:110

It wasn't just a party. It was so much more. The Mishkan, or Tabernacle, was the portable sanctuary the Israelites carried through the desert after the Exodus. A physical represent...

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Levi and the Ark

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:111

This tribe, one of the twelve tribes of Israel, held a special place. They were the ones dedicated to the sanctuary, the ones who served God in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle, and lat...

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Moses: Aaron and the Lawgiver

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 3:119

His sons, in a moment of unauthorized zeal, offered "alien fire" before the Lord and were consumed. A devastating blow. How could joy ever return? Yet, according to Legends of the ...

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Moses and the Origins of the World

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:2

The old stories, the aggadah, are full of fascinating hints. Take the way He kept track of the Israelites back in the desert. It's said that God, in His infinite love, insisted on ...

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Naphtali and the Origins of the World

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:16

We're talking about the third census of the Israelites, you know, that head count they did to see who was ready for battle. What's striking is this: the number of fighting men was ...

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Levi's Legacy and Levites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:19

We see hints of it in the way Moses was commanded to count the Levites. : for all the other tribes, only men fit for war, twenty years old and up, were numbered. But with Levi? Eve...

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