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There's a lot more to that thorny shrub than meets the eye. Our tradition teaches us that the choice was far from arbitrary. In fact, the humble thorn-bush, or seneh in Hebrew, was...
Like the universe is asking you to do something impossibly huge, and all you can think is, "Who, me?" That's precisely where Moses found himself. Imagine the scene: Moses, tending ...
The Jewish tradition is full of incredible stories, but this one, about Moses' ascent, might just take the cake. Imagine this: Moses, our leader, the one who spoke to God on Mount ...
The story goes that during one of his ascensions, Moses got a peek behind the cosmic curtain, so to speak. It wasn’t just fluffy clouds and pearly gates, let me tell you. According...
The stories tell of a journey through multiple heavens, each more astonishing than the last. And in the fourth heaven? That's where things got truly spectacular. Picture this: a Te...
Let's take a little journey upward, following in the footsteps of Moses himself. Imagine this: Moses, during his ascent, arrives at the fifth heaven. What does he see? Hosts upon h...
According to Legends of the Jews, as retold by Ginzberg, in the last heaven, Moses witnesses something truly awe-inspiring – and a little terrifying. He sees two massive angels, Af...
We get glimpses in the Torah, of course, but the rabbinic imagination, fueled by Midrash and legend, fills in so much more of the picture. What did he witness in those higher realm...
Sinners, utterly prostrate, are being tortured. And not just any torture. According to Legends of the Jews, these poor souls are being lashed by two thousand scorpions. But these a...
