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You're in good company. Even Moses, the great lawgiver, felt that way. : God Himself tells Moses, "Go, deliver Israel!" And what's Moses's response? "Who am I?" He essentially says...
A experience. God unveils before him the very blueprints for the Mishkan, the Tabernacle – that portable sanctuary that would house the Divine Presence during the Israelites' wande...
It turns out, even the number of curtains held a profound significance. : eleven curtains made of goats' hair. Why eleven? Well, according to tradition, it mirrors the eleven heave...
While Moses was up on Mount Sinai receiving the Torah, they were down below, melting their gold into a Golden Calf (Exodus 32). A pretty devastating moment. But here's where it get...
We often hear about Moses, the leader, the lawgiver. But what about the unsung heroes, the ones whose eagerness and devotion actually brought the whole thing to life? The story goe...
Seems like a pretty sacred task. Well, not everyone saw it that way. Ginzberg, in his monumental work, Legends of the Jews, tells us that even as Moses was leading this incredible ...
Jewish tradition has a name for that: the ayin hara, the evil eye. And according to some fascinating stories, the ancient Israelites were particularly vulnerable to it at pivotal m...
The princes of the tribes in the story of building the Mishkan (Tabernacle) knew that feeling all too well. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, when Moses cal...
Jewish tradition is full of these kinds of connections, and one of the most fascinating examples comes from the offerings of the tribal princes at the dedication of the Tabernacle....
