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But what about the other tree... the Tree of Life? Here's a mind-bender: God actually didn't forbid Adam from eating from the Tree of Life. He was free to partake! Genesis doesn't ...
Wherever he went, wherever he made his home, he planted a tree. Not just any tree, mind you, but a special one. It was a kind of spiritual barometer, a way to gauge a person's conn...
Jewish tradition certainly thinks so. And one such place, according to our stories, revolves around an altar... a very special altar. The Torah tells us that Abraham arrived at the...
We're talking about Cain and Abel. The story begins simply enough. As we read in Genesis (4:1-16), "Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain…" Eve, in a momen...
The Bible just drops them into the story. Where did they come from? It's one of those questions that has kept Jewish tradition busy for millennia. The simple answer? Adam and Eve d...
Jewish tradition has some pretty fascinating, and sometimes terrifying, answers. to the story of Azazel, a fallen angel whose lair is the source of some seriously dark magic. The s...
The tale of Sodom and Gomorrah definitely fits that bill. It's a story of hospitality gone wrong, moral decay, and divine retribution that leaves you breathless. So, let's dive in....
We find ourselves with the Israelites in the desert. Moses, their leader, has ascended Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, the divine law, from God. Days turn into weeks. Down below,...
There's a story in the Torah, a rather unsettling one, about two brothers, Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, and it's been echoing through Jewish tradition for millennia. We find...
