Parshat Vaera

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God reveals His name to Moses, the first seven plagues strike Egypt, and Pharaoh's heart is hardened. Exodus 6:2-9:35.

Moses's Vision

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 1:20

The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text from around the 2nd century BCE, speaks to that very feeling. It paints a picture of a future where the people stray from the path, and the...

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Moses's Journey

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 1:41

Our story begins not just at the beginning of time, but with the very blueprint for it. We’re talking about the Book of Jubilees, a text that, while not part of the canonical Hebre...

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Adam and the Heavenly Realms and the Serpent

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 3:41

We all know the story: the forbidden fruit, the serpent, the expulsion. But what were those first moments like outside of paradise? The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text conside...

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Moses's Transgression

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 6:56

Ancient texts wrestled with this too, and the Book of Jubilees dives deep into the complexities of time, observance, and the potential for things to go terribly, terribly wrong. Th...

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Hidden Book of Moses

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:30

Chapter 7 of Jubilees dives right into the chaos following the emergence of the Nâphîlîm, those figures often translated as "giants" or "fallen ones." Think of them as the offsprin...

Judgment

Teachings of Moses

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 7:50

The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called Lesser Genesis, is an ancient Jewish religious work of 2nd century BC origin. It retells parts of Genesis and Exodus, but with a unique spin,...

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Account of Noah and Gihon

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 8:37

It's an ancient Jewish text, considered apocryphal by some, pseudepigraphal by others. Basically, it's an "outside book," a text that exists outside the traditionally accepted bibl...

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Moses's Vision and Abraham

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 12:27

The Book of Jubilees, a fascinating text considered apocryphal by some, offers a peek behind the curtain. It presents itself as a revelation given to Moses on Mount Sinai by angels...

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Moses's Transgression and Abraham

Apocrypha Book of Jubilees 16:29

We often trace them back to the Torah, to Moses at Sinai. But what if some of those traditions, the feel of them, actually predate the Torah itself? to the Book of Jubilees, a fasc...

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