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It's easy to think of them as just escalating horrors, but sometimes the sequence itself holds a clue. Let's look at the plague of the frogs, the second of the ten, and see what we...
We all know the story: plagues, the parting of the Red Sea... epic stuff. But sometimes, the most crucial details are the ones tucked away in the corners of the narrative. Like, sa...
We all know the story from Genesis – how he wisely stored up food for the famine. But what became of that fortune? Well, legend has it that Joseph, a brilliant administrator if eve...
You're in good company. Even Moses, the great lawgiver, felt that way. : God Himself tells Moses, "Go, deliver Israel!" And what's Moses's response? "Who am I?" He essentially says...
According to Ginzberg's retelling in Legends of the Jews, as a young man, Jeremiah received the call to be a prophet. But unlike some heroes who leap at the chance, Jeremiah hesita...
And according to Jewish tradition, it's precisely from that place of utter vulnerability that the greatest acts of redemption can spring. : After the devastation of Jerusalem, when...
We're looking at Bamidbar Rabbah 13, a midrashic exploration of Numbers 7:30, which kicks off a lengthy description of the offerings brought by the leaders of each tribe. Today, we...
We get a glimpse into just how crazy things were from the ancient collection of rabbinic interpretations on the Book of Genesis, Bereshit Rabbah. Specifically, Bereshit Rabbah 90 r...
That feeling resonates deeply within Jewish tradition. We see it reflected in the ancient text of Kohelet Rabbah, specifically in its interpretation of the verse "all the rivers go...
