Parshat Vayeshev

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Joseph's dreams and his brothers' jealousy, Joseph sold into slavery, Judah and Tamar, and Joseph in Potiphar's house and prison. Genesis 37:1-40:23.

Levi's Legacy and Levites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:19

We see hints of it in the way Moses was commanded to count the Levites. : for all the other tribes, only men fit for war, twenty years old and up, were numbered. But with Levi? Eve...

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Manna from Heaven of Egypt

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:40

Especially trekking through the desert! But imagine if those clothes were actually…miraculous. The Torah tells us about the Israelites wandering in the desert for forty years after...

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Shelomith's Legacy

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:44

Consider the story of the division of the people into tribes, when they were setting up camp in the wilderness. Picture it: thousands upon thousands of people, meticulously organiz...

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Trial of Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:55

We're talking about a fire so intense, so utterly divine, that it brought utter chaos, particularly amongst the tribe of Dan – and those "mixed multitude" who joined them on their ...

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The Golden Calf

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:58

After the incredible event of the Golden Calf, when Moses, in his blazing anger, shattered the first set of tablets, we read in Legends of the Jews that Moses demonstrated just how...

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Kingdom of Moses and Israelites

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:63

That’s pressure! We read in Legends of the Jews (Ginzberg) that Moses reached his breaking point. He just couldn't bear the burden of the people alone any longer. And what was God'...

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Kingdom of Miriam and Aaron

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:82

According to Jewish tradition, the consequences can be…well, let's just say they can be We’re diving into a story from Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg, a masterful compilatio...

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Kingdom of Miriam and Moses

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:86

Jewish tradition certainly does, and it pulls no punches when it comes to the consequences of careless or malicious speech – especially lashon hara (לשון הרע), evil speech. One of ...

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Covenant of Moses and Land

Ginzberg Legends of the Jews 4:87

Scope out the land, see what's what. But it goes so terribly wrong. According to Legends of the Jews, it's not just about the spies' report itself, but about the very desire to sen...

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