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It’s a universal feeling, and it echoes through the ages, even finding its voice in the ancient stories of our people. Imagine the scene: The Jewish people are in exile, far from t...
One particularly fascinating legend, recounted in Ginzberg's Legends of the Jews, tells of the Sons of Moses and their miraculous escape. Imagine this: After a devastating massacre...
The Babylonians sacked the city, but did they get everything? Well, some say that not all the sacred objects fell into enemy hands. The prophet Jeremiah, according to tradition, ma...
Take, for example, the story of Barozak. Not far from the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel, legend tells us, lay the less-known grave of Barozak. Now, Barozak wasn't a prophet himself, ...
The book of Ezekiel gives us some potent imagery. And Jewish tradition, ever eager to fill in the gaps, expands on the story. to a fascinating, if somewhat gruesome, tale of resurr...
It marks the end of the Ketuvim, the Writings, the final section of the Hebrew Bible. But what happened after? What about the stories too sacred, too painful, or perhaps just too… ...
He wasn't born to be king of Persia. Nope. No royal blood coursing through his veins, no divine right backing him up. How did he become king then? Money. Pure, unadulterated wealth...
We're talking about King Ahasuerus, from the Book of Esther – the guy whose poor judgment set the whole Purim story in motion. But before Esther, there was this legendary six-month...
The Book of Esther tells a tale of immense wealth and power, embodied by King Ahasuerus. He throws a lavish banquet, boasting of his riches. But where did all this splendor come fr...
