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The luchot—that's Hebrew for "tablets"—were divine creations themselves, crafted by God's own hand during that mystical twilight time at the end of the first Sabbath. Ginzberg, in ...
Even MOSES, the great lawgiver himself, wrestled with this. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, Moses needed to understand why the righteous weren't always re...
According to the legends, those forty days and nights were a whirlwind education. Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews tells us that Moses received it all up there: not just the Torah – ...
It's a monumental task. Well, the angels apparently had some thoughts. The story goes that they were a little… skeptical. As we find in Legends of the Jews, a monumental compilatio...
Jewish legend has a beautiful answer. The story goes that after Moses finished writing the Torah, he wiped his pen on his forehead. Now, this wasn't just any ink. This was heavenly...
We all know the story: The Israelites, fresh out of Egypt, get impatient waiting for Moses on Mount Sinai. They demand a god they can see, and Aaron, in a moment of weakness, fashi...
God, in all His glory, gave Moses meticulous instructions on how to build it. Seems straightforward. Wrong. According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, poor Moses des...
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...
According to Legends of the Jews, everything was actually finished in the month of Kislev—that’s around November/December on our calendar. They were ready to go, eager to erect thi...