Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

The Great Flood and Jerusalem

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:56

The story goes way back, all the way back to Noah and the ark. You see, after the flood, Noah needed to know if the waters had receded. So, naturally, he sent out a raven. Now, rav...

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Adam: The Great Flood

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:74

Take Noah, the righteous man who saved humanity from the flood. You’d think he’d be on a pretty straight path after that whole ordeal. But nope. The story takes a turn, and it invo...

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The Great Flood and Canaan

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:75

The Torah portion of Noah certainly gives us food for thought on that subject. It's a story of survival, new beginnings...and a rather unfortunate curse. We all know the tale: the ...

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The Tower of Babel and Nimrod

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:99

Forget the pyramids; we're talking about the Tower of Babel. It all goes back to Nimrod. Remember him? The mighty hunter, the king who, according to tradition, was the first to rea...

Prayer

The Tower of Babel

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:100

Years blurring into decades, every thought, every action geared toward one monumental goal. That’s the story of the Tower of Babel, but not just the part we all know about God scat...

Adam & EveNoah & Flood

The Tower of Babel and Flood

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:102

And, surprisingly, Jewish tradition grapples with it too. Take, for example, the story of the Tower of Babel. We all know it – the people, united in hubris, attempt to build a towe...

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The Tower of Babel

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:103

We all know the story. Humanity, united in language and purpose, decides to build a tower reaching to the heavens. A bit audacious, to say the least. And God, seeing this, decides ...

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Noah Among the Fathers

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:2

But think about it: tradition tells us there were only ten generations between Noah and Abraham. Ten! And according to rabbinic thought, the actions—or rather, inactions—of those g...

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Noah's Transgression and Serug

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 5:3

It’s a dark picture painted in the Legends of the Jews, a world where humanity had truly lost its way. According to Ginzberg's retelling, the descendants of Noah were sinking deepe...

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