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You remember the story, right? Moses sends twelve spies, one from each tribe, to check out the land God promised them. When they return, ten of them are terrified. Giants! Fortifie...
The story of Joshua preparing to conquer Jericho, as told in Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg), throws us headfirst into that shadowy world. Before a single soldier marched, Joshua ne...
It wasn't quite as simple as drawing lines on a map. There were… exceptions. Special cases. And those exceptions, as always, tell us a lot about the rules themselves. The verse in ...
The story goes that, except for Joshua and Caleb, the spies sent to scout out the land of Canaan – the land we now know as Israel – were determined to dissuade the Israelites from ...
Our story comes from the wisdom of Ben Sira, also known as Ecclesiasticus, a book of wisdom literature. It’s part of the Apocrypha, writings that are considered canonical by some, ...
Sometimes, a seemingly simple verse can open up a whole world of interpretation and insight. Let’s take a look at a moment in the Book of Numbers, Bamidbar, specifically chapter 13...
It’s a story found within Bamidbar Rabbah, a collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Numbers. The scene is set: Moses has sent out spies to scout the Land of Israel. ...
And the Talmud, specifically Bava Batra 73b, offers a startling, almost unbelievable answer through a story featuring the sage Rabbah bar Bar Hannah. Rabbah, a well-known figure in...
Believe it or not, there's a story about that – a powerful one, drawn from Bamidbar Rabbah, specifically section 16. It's a tale of complaining, consequences, and a little bit of d...
