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Remember Micah? The guy who stole silver from his mother and then used it to make an idol (Judges 17)? Well, according to Legends of the Jews, the trouble didn’t stop there. The pe...
You're facing your enemies, knowing your time is short. You seek guidance, a glimpse of hope, from the prophet Samuel. What Samuel tells him isn't exactly comforting. According to ...
Doeg, a contemporary of King Saul, presents a particularly fascinating case. Ginzberg, in Legends of the Jews, paints him as a man of immense intellect but ultimately undone by his...
He's one of those figures in Jewish tradition that just makes your skin crawl. Doeg's most terrible act, as recounted in Legends of the Jews, was his betrayal of the priests of Nob...
It’s easy to imagine them as these larger-than-life figures, all might and no moral compass. But what if their greatness actually lay in their unwavering commitment to justice? Tak...
Jewish tradition is full of these moments, and one particularly vivid story revolves around Joab, a general in King David's army, and a seemingly impossible siege. Imagine the scen...
King David, arguably the greatest king of Israel, certainly did. Picture this: David, consumed with a desire to honor God, wants to build the Beit Hamikdash, the Holy Temple in Jer...
We often hear about the patriarchs, the kings, the prophets... but what about their wives? Take David, for example. We know him as the shepherd boy who slew Goliath, the king who u...
We often hear about the heroes, the kings, the prophets... but what about their wives, their mothers, the women who shaped their destinies? Let's talk about Abigail, one of the mos...
