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to one – a glimpse into the life of Naphtali, one of the twelve sons of Jacob, through the lens of the Legends of the Jews. Now, you might recall that Jacob had two wives, sisters ...
He's 125 years old, feeling strong, and ready to impart some wisdom, according to Legends of the Jews. He calls his sons together, not to talk about land or inheritance, but about ...
This particular passage feels like a father's desperate plea to his children, a warning whispered on the eve of exile. "Be not like Sodom, my children," it begins. Don't repeat the...
The story of Job, as we know it from the Bible, is already But the Jewish tradition, especially as elaborated in works like Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, really fleshes out the d...
Pharaoh, you see, wasn't just a generic bad guy. According to tradition, he had a dream. A rather unsettling one. In this dream, all of Egypt was balanced on scales, and a single, ...
We all know the story of Moses, the plagues, and the Exodus. But what seeds of mistrust were sown long before the mitzrayim, the Egyptians, enslaved the Israelites? According to Gi...
But he's cunning. He doesn't just decree slavery outright. Instead, as we read in Legends of the Jews, he starts with a seemingly generous offer. For a whole month, Egyptians and I...
We all know the big picture: slavery, plagues, the parting of the Red Sea. But what about the individual choices, the moral dilemmas, the moments of despair and resilience that sha...
It sounds like something out of a fairy tale, but the story of Jochebed, the mother of Moses, begins in just such a way. According to Legends of the Jews, even though Jochebed was ...
