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You might think it was all singing and dancing and unwavering faith. But the truth? Well, let's just say the Israelites weren't exactly model citizens. According to Legends of the ...
The answer, of course, is manna. But the legends surrounding this heavenly food are even more astonishing than you might imagine. : feeding 600,000 people, plus their families, eve...
They'd just given him a hard time, no doubt. You can almost picture him throwing his hands up in exasperation, turning to God with a plea. According to Legends of the Jews, Moses p...
Today, let's talk about Amalek. You might remember Amalek from the Bible – this was the nation that attacked the Israelites shortly after their miraculous Exodus from Egypt. It see...
The air is thick with the aroma of roasting meat, the sounds of laughter and song echoing through the desert. The Israelites, newly freed from slavery in Egypt, are gathered togeth...
You remember Jethro. Moses' father-in-law? The Midianite priest who recognized the greatness of God even before the Israelites fully grasped it? Well, according to the legends, his...
Sounds simple enough. But picture it: trekking from tent to tent, peering into every dwelling, trying to keep an accurate tally. A logistical nightmare! As Ginzberg recounts in Leg...
That’s the feeling I get when I read about the prophets Eldad and Medad. Their story, as retold in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, is a fascinating little corner of Jewish propheti...
So, picture this: The Israelites are on the cusp of finally entering the land promised to their ancestors. Moses, following divine instruction, needs to get a lay of the land, so h...
