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Sometimes, the answer might be… in the water. : the environment around us shapes us. And according to some fascinating legends, that influence can be incredibly literal. The Israel...
Jewish tradition certainly knows the feeling. Let's talk about MOSES, at the very end of his life. Here’s MOSES, the guy who spoke to God face to face, led the Israelites out of Eg...
What would you ask? Well, according to Ginzberg’s Legends of the Jews, Moses wasn’t just curious about any old thing. He wanted to know about the Beit HaMikdash, the Holy Temple. N...
That's the situation Moses faced in his final moments, according to Legends of the Jews. It’s a poignant scene, isn’t it? The book recounts that a heavenly voice rang out, gently t...
Jewish tradition grapples with this question in fascinating ways, especially when it comes to figures as monumental as Moses. to a curious little passage from Legends of the Jews b...
That's the scenario we find ourselves in, according to some fascinating threads in Jewish legend. The story, found within Legends of the Jews, paints a picture of the serpent – you...
It turns out, even Samael, often described as the chief of the demonic realm, the accuser, the adversary (and sometimes confused with Satan, though that's a whole other story!), ha...
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...
That's how the legends describe Shobach's terrifying presence. He wasn't just a big guy; he was a walking, talking intimidation tactic. Now, why did Shobach think he had the upper ...
