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It's a powerful image, isn't it? A promise from God, as recounted in Legends of the Jews, that "Thou that didst lead My children in this world, shalt also lead them in the future w...
The ancient texts paint a picture of moments exactly like that. Moments of such intense divine power, they literally reshape the cosmos. to one of those moments, as described in Le...
Kenaz, a figure shrouded in biblical lore, found himself in just such a predicament. He was a warrior, a leader, and he was about to walk right into the heart of the enemy camp—alo...
Today, let's delve into the story of one such figure: Sisera, the general of King Jabin. Now, the Book of Judges tells us that God, in response to Israel's backsliding, allowed the...
We all know the story: the long hair, the Philistines, the betrayal by Delilah. But the tales surrounding Samson, as recounted in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, go far beyond what...
We all know the story of Samson – the strongman betrayed by Delilah, his hair cut, his strength gone, his eyes gouged out by the Philistines. A tragic hero, to say the least. But e...
But the tradition often reminds us that even the best lineages can have some…interesting…twists and turns. Let's talk about Moses, yes THAT Moses, and a rather peculiar story about...
The story goes that Hannah, yearning for a child, prayed so fervently at the Temple that the High Priest Eli initially mistook her for being drunk! He rebuked her, but then, realiz...
It's easy to think they were simply rejecting God's rule, but the story is more nuanced than that. According to some accounts, it wasn't the desire for a leader that upset Samuel a...
